The Oliver Cafe — European breakfast and brunch, kitchen until three

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A cafe that serves a proper European breakfast: sourdough toasties with avocado, salmon, prosciutto and halloumi, three kinds of eggs benedict, a full English with sausages, bacon, baked beans and hash brown, omelettes and croque monsieur. The building is green, with a striped awning and the name across the whole wall; inside, the ceiling is painted as a European street of brasseries and tiled roofs, the seats are striped, the bar holds an espresso machine and a juicer, and upstairs there is a glazed veranda with palms and a view over the roofs. Coffee comes both the Vietnamese way and off the machine, right down to a flat white and a yuzu espresso tonic.

Cần biết trước. The breakfast kitchen runs from 07:30 to 15:00; the cafe itself is open from 7am to 10pm. Prices from the menu, in thousands of ₫, VAT included. Platters: full breakfast 215, Trio Benedict 235, Ocean Benedict with croissant and salmon 225, croissant benedict 185, pastrami sandwich 185, savoury waffle 185, Greenie Brekkie 175, omelettes and croque monsieur 155 each, breakfast roll 135, the Oliver's Delight salad 135. Sourdough toasties: prawn and avocado, the Nordic with smoked salmon, and salmon with poached egg are 145 each; the other nine are 125. Sweet plates — French toast, waffle, fruit cut — run 115–155. Extras: smoked salmon 115, prosciutto 65, scrambled eggs 65, bacon or sausage 55 each, eggs, halloumi, avocado, mushrooms, hash brown and baked beans 45 each. Drinks all day: Vietnamese black and milk coffee 45, bac xiu 50, salted coffee 55, the house Oliver's Iced Coffee 75; espresso 45, americano 55, latte, cappuccino, flat white and yuzu espresso tonic 60 each; cold brew 50–55; matcha latte, houjicha and hot chocolate 60, the coconut versions 65; smoothies and fruit iced teas 65, fresh juices 75, a pot of French earl grey 95.