Roger’s photographic archive

Cơm tấm đặc biệt for lunch

· Archive date · Historical record

Cơm tấm đặc biệt for lunch
Original photograph by Roger Ma · Preserved from the Flickr archive

From the original post

The photo note

#ComTam Dac Biet! With @alexdoan & Jay! #NOFILTER #foodcoma #foodporn #foodpics #foodography #foodphotography #nomnom #viet #vietnamese #thitnuong #ngonqua #bomb #lunch #dank #sharefood #foodforfoodies #foodie #hashtagsfordays

Looking back

The SD Foodie take

Editorial commentary written from Roger’s original photograph and caption. Roger’s own words are the quoted photo note above.

Đặc biệt means special, and this plate earns the name: broken rice under a charred grilled pork chop, a slab of steamed egg meatloaf, a fried egg with a runny yolk and pickled vegetables, with fish sauce and soup on the side.

It is one of the most complete plates in Vietnamese home-style cooking — smoky, salty, rich and fresh all at once. The caption’s food coma and ngon quá hashtags leave little doubt about how lunch went. The restaurant is not named.

The quick critique

What stood out

  • Charred grilled pork chop
  • Egg meatloaf and a fried egg
  • Broken rice with fish sauce

Bottom line

Archive verdict

A fully loaded special combo that shows why cơm tấm is a Vietnamese lunch staple.