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2nd Floor · 1608 14th Street NW · Washington DC

Rice
Taste
Kitchen

An intimate upstairs event space where chefs, winemakers, sake sommeliers, and artisans share their craft. Limited seating for every event — this is not a restaurant, it's a gathering.

Cooking Classes Omakase Dinners Sake Tastings Winemaker Visits Cultural Workshops
106 Events since 2024
40+ Collaborators
5 Recurring series
2nd Floor · above the market
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Upcoming Events

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Thai New Year Dinner — Khanom Jeen Noodles
Thai & LaoSat, Apr 11 · 7:00–9:30pm

Thai New Year Dinner — Khanom Jeen Noodles

Chef Ross Rattanasena of Ahan Lot presents a special Songkran dinner — four khanom jeen variations with freshly handcrafted rice vermicelli and curry pastes from across Thailand.

$145 per person Reserve →
Japanese Craft Distillery Spotlight: Saburomaru
Japanese SpiritsFri, Apr 17 · 6:00–11:00pm

Japanese Craft Distillery Spotlight: Saburomaru

Guided tasting of five rare Saburomaru Tarot releases — none widely available in the US — followed by an open house with Kanosuke, Mars Tsunuki, and select Chichibu expressions.

$95 per person Reserve →
SnowCrane Maryland Dairy Ice Cream Tasting
Pop-UpSun, Apr 19 · 12:00pm–close

SnowCrane Maryland Dairy Ice Cream Tasting & Scoop Pop-Up

Two-part Sunday activation — a guided dairy tasting (noon–1pm) with four Maryland dairies spun live into ice cream, then an afternoon scoop pop-up.

Tasting $75 · Pop-Up Reserve →

Recurring Programming

Our Series

Some of what we do is one-of-a-kind. Some of it comes back. These series have their own rhythm — follow @ricemarketdc to know when the next edition is announced.

Fish & Wine Pairing with Keita 8 editions
Fish & Wine

Fish & Wine Pairing with Keita

Keita Miyaki · Sashimi DC

The flagship series. Sashimi-grade fish flown direct from Japan — Bluefin Tuna, Hokkaido Uni, Sasshu Salmon — paired with wines from our partner winemakers. Each edition features different fish cuts and new bottles. Dinner format with a DIY component.

Recurring throughout the year
ToriSumi Yakitori Omakase 8 editions
Yakitori & Omakase

ToriSumi Yakitori Omakase

Blake King · ToriSumi Yakitori

16-course omakase dinner featuring Tokyo-trained yakitori technique from chef Blake King. A wide variety of chicken skewers grilled over binchotan with anecdotes from Blake's years cooking in Japan. One of the most consistently sold-out events at the kitchen.

Recurring throughout the year
Vinomorphy with Chantal Tseng 6 editions
Wine & Cocktails

Vinomorphy

Chantal Tseng

A seasonal menu of low-ABV wine-based cocktails, each inspired by a haiku celebrating the turning of the season. Solstices, equinoxes, and the occasional surprise — plus sherry, wine by the glass, tea, and light snacks. Guests are encouraged to write their own haikus.

Seasonal — solstices & equinoxes
Capital Sake — Late Night Mama 4 editions
Sake

Capital Sake Sessions

Louie Anne Batac-Nguyen · Capital Sake

From introductory sake workshops to the Art All Night sake lounge, to Late Night Mama sake sessions with live beats — Louie Anne and the Capital Sake crew bring premium Japanese sake to the kitchen in a variety of formats, always with a lot of warmth.

Recurring throughout the year
Meet the Winemaker tasting 3 editions in 2025
Winemaker Tastings

Meet the Winemaker

Our partner winemakers

When our partner winemakers visit DC, we host an intimate tasting at the Taste Kitchen. In 2025 we welcomed Shiba Wichern Cellars, Six Cloves Wines, and Violin Wine. In May 2026 we will add Novella Wines. Each tasting features wines exclusively available at Rice Market in the DMV.

Whenever winemakers visit DC
106
Events at the Taste Kitchen since 2024

Thai cooking classes, Lao dinners, Korean banchan workshops, Japanese kappo dining, Sichuan pepper feasts, chocolate-making sessions, yuzu-kosho classes, champagne tastings, tenugui wrapping workshops — browse the full archive.

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Who We Work With

Our Collaborators

The chefs, sommeliers, winemakers, bakers, and artisans who make the Taste Kitchen what it is.

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Blake King

ToriSumi Yakitori

Chantal Tseng

Vinomorphy

Keita Miyaki

Sashimi DC

Louie Anne Batac-Nguyen

Capital Sake

Masako Morishita

Perry's DC · James Beard 2024

Seng Luangrath

Thip Khao

Ben Plyraharn

Urai DC

40+ collaborators

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Everything is on Instagram

New events sell out fast — sometimes within hours. Every announcement goes to Instagram first. Follow us to get the earliest notice of what's coming next.

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