Lower Level · 1608 14th Street NW · Washington DC
Pan-Asian grocery in the lower level of the Rice building on 14th Street. Fresh and packaged food, sashimi-grade fish, DC's largest sake portfolio, Asian cookbooks, ceramics, and kitchenware.
Hot food counter, daily onigiri from 1:30pm, ToriSumi Yakitori Bento on Tue & Fri, and packaged grab-and-go appetizers, entrées, and desserts.
Pre-portioned Thai noodle and curry packs — everything you need to cook a restaurant-quality meal at home. Season it your own way. Non-taxable in DC.
Rice Market counter fish (Salmon, Tuna, Hamachi — pre-order) and Sashimi DC's direct imports — Nagasaki Bluefin, Sasshu Salmon, Hokkaido Uni — available same-day.
100+ Japanese sake labels, partner winemakers from Oregon to France, Asian beer, Japanese soft drinks, matcha powder, and tea kits.
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An extensive selection of cookbooks curated around what we cook, eat, and sell. The emphasis is on Asian cuisines and seafood — Thai, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Lao — but the collection stretches further. Recipe books, technique guides, and deep-dives into ingredient traditions.
A good cookbook shelf to browse on the way out with a bag of fish or a bottle of sake. Many titles are hard to find in mainstream bookshops.
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A considered selection of Asian ceramics, sake and tea ware, and kitchen tools — chosen to complement what we carry in the market. Pieces for everyday use as well as gifts.
Hand-crafted bowls, plates, and vessels from Japan and across Asia. Understated forms suited to everyday use — rice bowls, small plates, noodle bowls.
Ochoko sake cups, tokkuri carafes, chawan matcha bowls, and bamboo chasen whisks. The right vessels make a real difference to how sake and tea taste and feel.
Japanese and Asian kitchen tools — chopsticks, rice paddles, bamboo steamers, and the kind of practical equipment you reach for every day when cooking Asian food at home.
Sake releases, seasonal fish, new cookbook titles, and limited ceramics — new market arrivals are announced on Instagram first.