Vietnamese Cơm Tấm (Broken Rice with Grilled Pork)
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A preparation of broken rice (the shorter, irregular pieces of rice that break during milling — historically considered inferior but now prized for their specific texture) topped with grilled pork chop (sườn nướng), pork skin (bì), steam-cooked pork and egg (chả trứng hấp), and garnishes of shredded daikon, cucumber, and spring onion, with nước chấm. Cơm tấm is a Saigon institution — the most widely eaten street food meal in Ho Chi Minh City — and a preparation where the broken rice's slightly nutty, slightly less cohesive texture (compared to long-grain jasmine) is not a compromise but a specific quality.
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