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Looking for a bargain basement breakfast? AsiaLIFE has discovered just the place. And it’s on the riverfront. Words by Kate Liana.

Located on a wide corner on the riverside near the night market, with a large outdoor seating area Mekong River Restaurant is the perfect spot for people watching, or perusing the many local and international papers on offer. Given the cheap prices and riverfront location, its all-you-can-eat breakfast attracts many tourists and backpackers, but is also a popular local haunt for expats.

Cooked fresh each morning, take your pick of scrambled or fried eggs, bacon, broiled tomatoes, fried rice, toast with butter and jam, banana pancakes, fruit, fresh bread, pain au chocolate, and a wide variety of pastries and sweets from a local bakery. Wash it down with lemonade or orange drink, or amazingly good coffee, fresh brewed. Refill your plate as often as you like.

Open since 2003, the restaurant has grown in popularity over the years. The restaurant shows documentaries on Cambodia several times a day and the owner, Eric Page, is a filmmaker from France who has shot several films in Cambodia. He and his wife, Pisey, are first-time restaurant owners, but clearly know a thing or two about attracting customers.

The most important meal of the day costs 11,000 riel (US$2.75), from 7.30 until 11.30. Bon appetite!

Mekong River Restaurant, Cnr. Of Sisowath Quay & Street 118