Saigon cuisine is a mixture of myriad condiments, which indicates the beauty of friendly and highly cultured people in this beloved place. Especially, among scrumptious dishes in Saigon, Com Tam is one of the most popular street foods that definitely offer you satisfaction of trying and tasting such a Saigon-style mouth-watering dish.
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What’s Com Tam?
It is a specialty of Saigon and one of the most popular breakfast dishes of Saigon people. Com Tam (broken rice) easily enables you to understand why it’s called by that name. Through the meticulously drying and grinding, grains of rice are completely broken into smaller pieces.
The origin of Com Tam
Because of its imperfection, the grains, basically used to be ground for rice flour or feed the animals like chickens, has been artistically reproduced by the ever-resourceful Saigon people to add to other combinations. At present, Com Tam becomes a familiar dish to all people over the country.
Recipe and needed ingredients
A plate of Com Tam may include marinated grilled pork chops, shredded pork skin (a mixture of many things involving pork cut fibers, cut yarn pigskin and spices mixed with dumpling sauce), steamed pork and egg quiche (made from eggs, crab, minced meat, mushrooms and vermicelli), fried egg and deep fried fish patty.
Broken grains of rice are carefully washed and put into a pot to cook with medium heat. Similarly, ribs are also washed and marinated with salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, onion minced garlic for at least 2 hours to saturate spices and make a kind of sweet and sour taste.
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Moreover, vegetables or sliced cucumber and tomato are pickled to use with Com Tam and a dipping sauce of fish sauce, lime and hot chilli should be served to get the most delicious flavor.
Reason for trying Com Tam
Com Tam appears to become a must-try street food in Ho Chi Minh City because it makes no difference to other fast-serving food. Despite long hours for preparation and making, it takes just 4 to 5 minutes to get it to your table. What’s more, apparently, we cannot resist its taste and flavor. There’s nothing quite like grabbing a delicious meal of local delicacies at a food stall in the crowded street, served with some green tea or soft drink.
Prices
The cost of a portion of Com Tam for one person normally ranges from 20,000 VND to 60,000 VND depending on how much food is served.
Three typical and well-known places for trying Com Tam
Com Tam Ba Ghien
This stall attracts a considerable numbers of both local and foreign people because of the high quality of the food as well as outstanding and friendly services from the staff and the owner.
Address: Dang Van Ngu Street, Phu Nhuan district
Opening hours: 5 am to 8 pm every day
Com Tam Phan Xich Long
Most of people coming here are students, workers so that the price is quite cheap but the food is really tasty.
Address: Behind the apartment Phan Xich Long
Opening hours: 5 pm to 9 pm
Com Tam Xo Viet Nghe Tinh
Deep inside the small valley in the Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street, this site becomes a place for countless people in Saigon. What makes this stall distinct from others is that people are always served with a small cup of onion and fish sauce. No matter what kind of food you eat, there’s a cup of crispy grease to eat together.
Address: Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street, Binh Thach District
Opening hours: 9 pm to 4 am.
Com Tam has closely attached to the everyday life of Saigon people and it also reflects the lifestyle of local people here. Take an opportunity to come to Saigon, this must-try dish will not disappoint you.
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