Tan Thanh Loi has a menu as long as an encyclopedia but regulars know to skip the hu tieu, duck noodle soup and stir-fried dishes in favour of the easy-to-eat but hard-to-master com tam (broken rice). Here, lemongrass marinated pork chops and chicken marylands are grilled and sliced before crowning a mound of broken rice accompanied by pickles, shredded pork skin, meatloaf and fresh slices of cucumber and tomato, served alongside a piquant bowl of nouc mam cham which ties together every element of this generous plate of rice.
Tan Thanh Loi

Time Out says
This chop shop has the best broken rice in Footscray
Details
- Address:
- 73 Nicholson Street
- Footscray
- Footscray
- 3011
- Contact:
- 03 9687 4886
- Opening hours:
- Mon-Thu 9am-7pm; Fri 9am-8pm; Sat 9am-7pm; Sun 9am-5pm
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