Broken Rice opens a permanent location in Irvine

Broken Rice’s marinated chicken bowl has brown rice, edamame, carrots, cilantro lime and Sriracha bbq sauce. The Vietnamese food truck opened its first brick-and-mortor location in Irvine’s Trade Food Hall in March.

Broken Rice’s marinated chicken bowl has brown rice, edamame, carrots, cilantro lime and Sriracha bbq sauce. The Vietnamese food truck opened its first brick-and-mortor location in Irvine’s Trade Food Hall in March.

  (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)

Broken Rice opens a permanent location in Irvine

The cajun jumbo shrimp bowl with white rice, corn, broccoli, and Sriracha bbq is exclusive to Broken Rice’s Irvine brick-and-mortar location at the Trade Food Hall.

  (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)

Broken Rice opens a permanent location in Irvine

Peter Nguyen is the owner of Broken Rice, a new restaurant in Irvine’s Trade Food Hall. Its tagline is “Not everything broken is bad.”

  (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)

Broken Rice opens a permanent location in Irvine

Broken Rice is one of seven restaurants at the Trade Food Hall in Irvine.

  (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)