Little Saigon - Vietnamese Restaurant in Madison Heights, MI 48071

Located conveniently in Madison Heights, MI 48071, Little Saigon is a famous address for Vietnamese food. Our best menu: Rice Dishes, Rice Noodle Beef Soup, Vermicelli Soup, Egg and Clear Noodle...

Cơm tấm, or broken rice, is a Vietnamese dish made from rice with fractured rice grains. Tấm refers to broken rice grains, while cơm refers to cooked rice. Although there are varied names like cơm tấm Sài Gòn (Saigon-style broken rice), particularly for Saigon,the main ingredients remain the same for most cases.

It is usually served with grilled pork (either ribs or shredded) plus the Vietnamese dish bì (thinly shredded pork mixed with cooked and thinly shredded pork skin) over broken rice. The rice and meat are served with various greens and pickled vegetables, along with a prawn paste cake, trứng hấp (steamed egg), and grilled prawns. Typically, restaurants will serve this popular combination rice plate with a small bowl of nước mắm, as well as a small bowl of soup broth with garlic chives (to cleanse the throat). The dish cơm tấm bì comes with a chả trứng egg meatloaf, which nowadays may be substituted with an omelet.

The main ingredient, broken rice, is a traditionally cheaper grade of rice produced by damage in milling. It is mainly used as a food industry ingredient in America and Europe, but in West Africa and Southeast Asia is used for human consumption. Broken rice is fragmented, not defective; there is nothing wrong with it. It is as nutritious as the equivalent unbroken rice (i.e. if all the germ and bran remains, it is as nutritious as brown rice; if none remains, it is only as nutritious as white rice).

Although chopstick is commonly used by Vietnamese, fork and spoon are used to fully enjoy cơm tấm. However, in Central and North Vietnam, people not only use fork and spoon but also chopstick to eat this dish. Besides, the ingredient of nước mắm is different from South Vietnam since the South original sauce is too sweet for Central and Northern Vietnamese people.

How much does Broken Rice cost?

Broken Rice with Pork Chop, Shredded Pork Skin, Egg Cake, Fried Egg and Bean Curd Skin with Shrimp...10,45$

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