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Chau Doc has some truly excellent restaurants on offer.
RESTAURANTS Chau Doc has some truly excellent restaurants on offer.
Bay Bong Tel: 867 271 Add: 22 Thuong Dang Le Mains 35, 000d Among the town's excellent restaurants, Bay Bong specialises in hotpots and soups, as well as fresh fish dishes. Try the stewed fish in a clay pot (ca kho to) or sweet-and-sour soup (canh chua).
Mekong Tel: 867 381 Add: 41 Le Loi Mains 35, 000d Just across the road from the Victoria Chau Doc Hotel, Mekong is worthy of a plug. Set outdoors in front of a classic old French villa, it's a lovely place for lunch or dinner.
Bassac Restaurant Tel: 865 010 Add: 32 6 Le Loi mains $7- $12 Open: 6-11am & 6-11pm Sophisticated dining is paired with a relaxed colonial ambience at Le Bassac. It also has good snack food such as burgers, sandwiches, spicy chicken wings and pizza at the hotel's poolside Bamboo Bar.
Lam Hung Ky Tel: 866 745 Add: 71 Chi Lang Mains 40, 000d This joint serves up good Chinese and Vietnamese food, with misleadingly unappetizing menu items like 'instant boiled assorted meats.
Hong Phat Tel: 866 950 Add: 79 Chi Lang Mains 40, 000d Similar in standard and fare to Lam Hung Ky.
Other options nearby:
Mi Vach Tuong Add: Thu Khoa Nghia Noodles 7000d Literally meaning 'noodles along the wall', this is a great breakfast noodle joint beside the local basketball court.
My Quang Cafe Tel: 560 398 Add: 25 Doc Phu Thu Mains 12, 000d Another popular eatery well known for its friendly service.
Thanh Tinh Tel: 865 064 Add: 13 Ouang Trung Mains 15, 000d Great vegetarian food at the place whose name means 'to calm the body down'.
Truong Van Tel: 866 567 Add: 15 Quang Trung Mains 15, 000d Good Vietnamese food at decent prices.
QUICK EATS If you'd like to sample the best fruit shakes (sinh to) in town, look out for the stalls on the corner of Phan Van Vang and Nguyen Van Thoai.
At night, you can also try a variety of cool dessert soups (die) at stalls on Bach Dang, next to the pagoda.
The Chau Doc Covered Market Add: Bach Dang has excellent Vietnamese food. Sampling these street treats will cost you a cool 3000d to 10, 000d.
Drinking & Entertainment Chau Doc is a fairly sleepy town and tends to shut down early.
Do Quyen Tel: 865 565 Add: 7 Truong Dua admission free Open: 8am-11pm most nights This is a fun little local disco about 2km from Chau Doc on the way to Sam Mountain.
There's another dance hall nearby that's popular with the locals, called An Tuong 2 (admission 20, 000d; open: 8-11pm, closed Mon & Wed). The entry fee includes one drink.
The Lobby Bar in the Victoria Chau Doc Hotel is a nice, 'civilised' place for a drink or a game of pool.
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