Com Tam Kieu (com Tam Kieu) - Rosemead

A great spot to satisfy my Vietnamese cravings that would not sting the wallet. The price is average with other restaurants in the area, but they do give a good amount of food. I tried the 10-meat broken rice combo and canh bun. Everything tasted pretty good. The meats were well seasoned and flavorful. It can get pretty busy on Sunday evenings.

I am on a quest to find delicious Vietnamese cuisine in the 626 area. While there are plenty of Asian food options available, there seems to be a lacking in Vietnamese food offerings. The dishes at this restaurant are traditional and some may even consider them to be authentic. I tried two rice dishes and a shrimp paste summer roll. The broken rice dish with charbroiled shrimp was quite tasty, but the red rice dish did not appeal to me as it tasted like rice with ketchup. The shrimp paste roll was disappointing as the shrimp paste seemed to be boiled and rolled into the summer roll without much flavor.

Came here for an early dinner so there wasn't a wait for a table, but it was already quite full inside. We were first seated at a table that was really close to the servers counter which was not great) so we asked to switch to a different table; which they were happy to do for us. We ordered the #107 shrimp and pork vermicelli soup w/ ong choy $14.99), #23 broken rice w charbroiled beef $12.99), #15 Broken rice w 10 kinds of food 21.99), and #82 Thin vermicelli patties w shrimp paste, bean curd skin w shrimp and shrimp egg rolls $14.99). It took about 10 minutes for the food to be served, so not too bad. The food were all such big portions that we didn't have enough space on our table for everything. Not only were the portions worth the price, they all tasted good! The pork and beef were seasoned nicely and not salty. There was a generous portion of rice for the rice dishes and a good amount of noodles for the vermicelli dish. I really liked the crispy rolls in the #15 and the soup for #107. There were 4 people but one dish was completely untouched because we were all full from eating the other 3. But we still had leftovers to take home! They also provided plastic gloves to use when you have to eat the vermicelli patties in a wrap. Overall, this is a great dinner choice with generous portions for a great price! Each dish is probably 2 servings which is great for sharing. The parking in this plaza is also nice.

Every dish is big portion here and everything is delicious.

The Sizzling Grill Fish is delicious and highly recommended. It is a good option for two people. Overall, the food quality is rated 4 out of 5.