Online ordering menu for Broken Rice Restaurant - Com Tam Viet. Vietnamese history of broken rice began from rice that was broken during processing, drying, and transport. Broken rice included rice fragments that were cheaper to buy for the lower and working class Vietnamese people. As a result, portions were always hugely accompanied with a bowl of soup on the side, to help the rice go down easier while eating. Now broken rice has become a trend, where you can find broken rice on every street i