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… and they were all in my soup, and then some. A few chicken parts were chucked in as well! I had the Ta Pin Lu – combination uber soup at Mekong, the medium size bowl was $8.

The substances I could discern were: Chicken flesh - excellent. Egg yolk - not bad. Cow flesh - both braised and rare. Congealed blood blocks - Jelly like, a bit tasteless. Tripe - chewy and textured. Meat balls - two types, regular processed and rissole like. Liver - chicken and cow, mmm. Tendon - not really in my vocabulary to describe, but pleasing.

There was only one substance I could not make out. It was some strange tubular white stuff, maybe marrow, it didn’t have much taste and the texture was not to my liking.

It was generally a great soup but not as much offal as I was expecting. The waiter did check twice that I was actually ordering Ta Pin Lu, maybe they toned it down for me.

BTW - Mekong has the signature mirrored walls.