Broke Ass for Broken Rice (B.A.D. V): Com Tam something something, SGV

Seriously, I don't know jack about the origins of broken rice. It's rice beaten by some peeps, then steamed al dente (is that possible? rice? al dente? can we start a trend here for '09?), doused with some nuoc mam fish sauce (w/ LOTS of MSG), finished a buncha crap piled on top.

It's cheap.
It's Vietnamese.
It's fast.
It has GREAT animal protein to carb ratio featuring grilled meats.
It's cheap.

I have it on good authority Com Tam Than Kieu is no better than the com tam joints in Wesmintuh but it's really cheap, it's close by aannnnd.. wait for it: they have the MONSTROUS 10 item special (grilled pork, grilled beef, shredded pork skin, shrimp paste wrapped sugarcane, smorgasbord egg cake, Chinese style sweet sausage, grilled shrimp - wait, how many is that? 7? what are the other 3? o man... I dunno lah!!!!) at $9.99.

Let's call this com tam dac biet #1 the "Gluttons Special". Foodie will dig it cuz it's basically com tam's kitchen sink, fatass will dig it cuz it's a guaranteed full meal. Me? Lunch for 2 for $12.50 OTD. Hells yes I love the Vietnamese invasion of the SGV.

Btw, one of the pix, the dude in the gray shirt and black apron in this pix, thee broken rice nazi. He’s got EVERY combination of the 10 meats memorized, just tell him what you want, and he’ll tell you what option is is. Finally, on this particular day, there was a huge party of Indian @ CTTK. Totally confused me considering that same morning, I’d just discovered the existence of Veer’s Indian Grocery. Where did all these Indian people in Alhambra come from?? *boggle*