Cheap Eats 2009

By Matthew Korfhage

For a Sellwood counter spot, Mekong boasts some crazy modern-eclectic design taste, with an inset wall panel consisting of floor-to-ceiling pebbles restrained only by chicken wire, behind deco bamboo pillars and a giant butcher-block table. The food suits the graphic-design palette, as well—a spartan selection of light, simple, nuoc-chammed Vietnamese noodle and rice dishes ($7.25-$8.25), plus one hell of a lotus salad ($7.95).

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Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage has lived in St. Louis, Chicago, Munich and Bordeaux, but comes from Portland, where he makes guides to the city and writes about food, booze and books. He likes the Oxford comma but can't use it in the newspaper.

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