Vietnamese Restaurant named after Broken Rice

The Asian region is known to be one of the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world. It is said that around 91% of the rice is grown in Asian countries. Along the Himalayas, Pakistan and India have fields that grow the best form of rice – called Basmati rice. This specific type of rice has long grains and a special aroma that makes it different from all the other varieties of rice available throughout the world. In other countries and areas of East, South and South-East Asia, the most common form of rice grown is called Paddy rice. It is grown in paddy fields of Asian countries including China, Indonesia, Cambodia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Taiwan, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Nepal and Vietnam.

Asian countries are not only famous for having the finest producers and world-wide distributors of rice, but also known as the biggest consumers of this marvel food. According to a study, most of the rice grown in Asian countries is consumed by its own inhabitants. A few years ago, only the elites and financially stable class of this region used to eat whole-grained rice and rest of the populace from this region used to eat broken rice – which was accidentally broken in the process of milling and transporting, due to its cheaper price. But now, it is pleasingly used in cooking a variety of foods, in fact, restaurants are getting named after it, as the public seems to enjoy the wide range of food made using broken grains of rice. Rice cakes, rice puddings, several desserts and many main-course Asian meals such as rice Upma, Com Tam are prepared using broken rice grains and served on special occasions and celebrations or just to enjoy a good-meal day.