Com Tam Thanh

I had dinner with @lindsaybtb at my favorite mom-and-pop Broken Rice (Cơm Tấm) spot, Cơm Tấm Thanh. It may not be the fanciest place, but the food is absolutely delicious and incredibly affordable. My friend ordered the broken rice with Korean ribs, while I went with my go-to dish--vermicelli with BBQ pork and egg rolls. Every bite was packed with texture and flavor! If you're in the Little Saigon area, definitely check them out.FYI, they're open from 9 AM to 9 PM, unlike the other spot that closes in the afternoon!

I tried the rice with shredded pork, steam pork cake, BBQ beef, sugar cane shrimp, grilled meat balls and fry bean curd with shrimp (#35). It was delicious, but a bit on the salty and oily side. The amount of food for the price is unbeatable! My strawberry smoothie was very sweet, but you can tell they used real strawberries, not just syrup, to make the drink.I ordered to-go and my food arrived warm with utensils. Staff is friendly and laid back.

My experience here is always quite different than others... unexpectedly pleasant! This place is exactly what i expect of a hole in the wall, mom & pop shop in the East Side of SJ! Com tam thanh is also nostalgic. This place has been here for a looong time! Rice plate portions are huge and appetizers are so delicious! One night, we ordered to-go and they server even gave us water to cool off.

I love it. Com Tam is very good. I like the Tau hu ky. My husband love to eat Bun Nem Thit Nuong.

Food here is nostalgic- perfectly seasoned and cooked food! Service is super fast and the staff here are very nice! Place has been the same for years and nostalgic every time I visit! Restaurant is spacious and plenty of tables. I will continue to return for good Vietnamese com tam. Recommend bringing cash - cash only!

I am a fan. The buy 4 get 1 free banh mi deal is nice and that's what I would get here. Drinks: no options for sweetness, so it's full sugar and boba is okay. Flavors are nice but with the full sugar, it can be a little too much. Pork Vermicelli dish: comes with pickles, cilantro, rice vermicelli, a good amount of greens and marinated bbq pork. Spring rolls: the time I ordered them it was just okay. I like mine wrapped super tight, and these ones were not, and a little light on filling too. Banh mi: in store the bread was crispy and fresh, I felt like they had enough fillings and daikon/carrots along with the marinated pork was so yummy. When I came back and ordered the 4 for 5 deal, they even packaged my veggies separate so that it wouldn't get soggy and I could toast the bread at home. How nice!!The servers are nice overall, but it's not super fast as other Vietnamese restaurants are. It takes a while for them to notice and seat you or to pay. As said at the top, I would focus on the banh mi and marinated pork. So yummy.

Typical vietnamese restaurant inside Lady was nice and food came out pretty fast. The pork chop and rice is a huge portion. They give two thick slices of pork chops and it's grilled well. I had grilled pork and tau hy ky. Pork was also grilled well. I've had better tau hu ky (shrimp paste wrapped in deep fried bean curd) but still pretty good.

Today at 1:20pm I went to eat com tam Thanh Story road, I don't understand how they can run their business, they grill meat that's not cooked, it's still raw and they give it to customers, and I say the meat is raw, they change it. Give me another piece, still alive like that.

Very good pork chops, shredded pork, and Chinese sausage rice plate. They still don't take credit cards. I gave them another try.

Lots of secrets here. No review covers the uniqueness of this restaurant and why it so popular with the local Vietnamese community despite being in a lousy location. They have many items not available on the typical broken rice restaurant. This one has been here many years. Owner on site. Home cooked broken rice Vietnamese food. Many variations. Haven't gone through them all. Would take months or years to get through the entire menu. Most customers here don't speak English. Solid catering and Togo business from the locals. Bahn cuon: steamed pork with rice sheets. Steamed pork like bologna without the food coloring. Braised fish in caramel sauce: on the weekend they sell pickled Thai eggplant. Usually you see pickled carrot and radish . This is different. Oddly the eggplant is crunchier than a cucumber. Surprising. You eat it with the braised fish. The braised fish is cooked on a very low steam simmer for 12hours! This makes the bones in the fish soft while still retaining the texture and shape of the fish. This technique enables you eat the small bones in the fish. Never seen this before. Delicious. Very time consuming and delicate procedure. No source of calcium in Asian diests and beef isn't popular so no milk or dairy products. This is an interesting g alternative to eating deep fried fish bones. Never seen this dish in the US. The braised fish is very different than the typical Vietnamese catfish. Not sweet. Zero sweet and no heavy soy sauce glaze. It looks to be simmered in a fish sauce and water only broth which is salty and spicy. Tastes like a beef broth to me but it isn't. Very light. It is cooked so you eat the small bones in the fish. Not meant to be eaten where you eat the meat and leave all the bones like a Chinese steamed fish. Very different interpretation. The braised fish and eggplant is 23$. Enough for 2-3 people. Very filling. Soups and rice plates. very large portions other reviews seem to cover this in detail. Over 50 different permutations on soup and broken rice plates. They story was in the old days they threw away the broken rice and once they discovered it was more tender than short grain rice the price is now more than no broken rice. One of my regular stops. Owner very smart. Amazing she was in business for this long. Can see the kids being mentored.Bbq sauce: unique similar to the bbq sauce they use for thit nuong. Comes in 32 ounce mason jars now. Not easy to make. Ingredients aren't cheap. Not the standard American tomato based sauce. Not sweet and not overly salty. Very unique flavor. Never seen anyone make it before and sell a homemade version. Not cheap.