Mệ Vui

Mệ Vui is where Oceanus began in food. It started as a forty square metre bistro in Bali where the chef was also the dishwasher, and it has grown into a family of Vietnamese kitchens across the island.

Kitchens named after home

Each kitchen carries the name of the place its cooking comes from: Hà Nội in Sanur, Sài Gòn in Denpasar, Hội An in Canggu, Sapa in Ubud, and Huế, the city where Chef Maria Huyen was born. There are nine in all, from Legian, Kuta and Renon to Lovina in the north and the island of Nusa Penida.

How the food is made

Vietnamese cooking balances five flavours in one dish: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and spicy. At Mệ Vui the phở broth simmers for hours, and the herbs, vegetables and meat come from farms in Bali.

Whatever the cuisine, respect tradition.

Growing with new leaders

A kitchen in the centre of Komodo is in preparation, and in Vietnam the group is preparing kitchens in Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hoi An under the name Huyen Bali. Each will be run by someone who treats it as their own, with the Mệ Vui system behind them.