Com Tam Thuan Kieu

About

Com Tam Thuan Kieu is a long-running Southern California broken-rice brand; this page covers the San Gabriel Valley Boulevard room in the Hawaii Supermarket plaza (units I and J), a reference point for com tam in local guides from LA Weekly to Eater. The plate is jagged broken rice under combinations of grilled pork or pork chop, bì (shredded pork with roasted rice powder), chả (egg meatloaf), tôm tau hũ ky (shrimp paste in tofu skin), Chinese sausage, egg rolls, and more, with pickled vegetables, cucumber, nước chấm, and a cup of bone broth. The seven- and ten-item platters are the shareable flex when you do not want to choose. Jonathan Gold–era and later press still treat Thuan Kieu rooms as the local com tam standard: bright, rushed dining rooms powered by iced coffee. The same brand runs Orange County Little Saigon locations (The Infatuation’s review is Westminster); soft hours run roughly morning into evening daily. Dedicated house websites have been unreliable; Facebook is the liveliest public channel for the San Gabriel address. No Michelin listing as of July 2026.

Menu highlights

• Com tam platters (grilled pork, bì, chả, and combinations)
• Seven- and ten-item broken-rice platters
• Tôm tau hũ ky (shrimp paste in tofu skin)
• Bánh hỏi woven vermicelli options
• Iced coffee and bone-broth cup with rice plates

Diners say

Public reviews praise generous protein platters, value, and classic broken-rice texture with nước chấm. Recurring friction includes a huge menu that can feel confusing, a bright rushed room, and inconsistency across busy rushes. Diners who like it usually want a com tam lunch more than a pho-only stop or a Little Saigon banquet.

Review synthesis as of 2026-07-31. Synthesis of recurring themes in public Yelp and Google Maps reviews sampled July 2026; not a rating or ranking. Cross-checked against Eater LA venue notes, LA Weekly (2011), Wandering Chopsticks and Gastronomy Blog (San Gabriel Valley Blvd address), The Infatuation (Westminster brand sibling), and Facebook for the San Gabriel location. Soft hours and unit letters: confirm live. House domains 404 at research time; Facebook used as websiteUrl. No live Michelin listing found July 2026.