Open Today: 9:00 am until 7:30 pm Bringing fresh sustainable seafood to Northeast DC The District Fishwife at Union Market is Washington, D.C.’s premier destination for superlative and diverse fresh seafood, including many hard-to-find specialty seafood items, and a variety of quick-serve seafood dishes. The focus is on seasonally-available regional and sustainable seafood, including standards such as sushi-grade tuna, genuine dry sea scallops, farmed and wild salmon, halibut, cod, rockfish, shrimp, clams, and mussels. Lesser-known varieties such as mackerel, barramundi, sheepshead, branzino, sea urchin (uni), and the invasive Blue Catfish and Snakehead are also on regular offer. Packaged items such as seaweed salad, pickled ginger, tobiko, and wasabi are regularly available, as well as shrimp cocktail, salt cod, pickled herring, sardines, and a variety of house-made sauces and accompaniments. Quick-serve dishes cover local and international favorites including fish and chips, poké bowl, invasive fish sandwich, salmon burger, shrimp roll, grilled seafood salads, and changing seasonal specials.

Three beers are available on tap, along with red and white wine, a variety of sodas, still water, sparkling water, and juices for kids. Our mission is to provide exceptionally fresh seafood and guide our customers in making sustainable choices, while providing suggestions, recipes, and encouragement for preparation at home. Follow The DC Fishwife on these social media outlets! Your Favorite Home Remedies? Anonymous Insults / Aggravations Sushi all you can eat buffets? Accidentally kissed Best Friends Husband In many of the asian supermarkets like Lotte or Super H (Fairfax), you can go up to the seafood counter and ask them what they have suitable for sushi.  It's not the fish in the display cases and not the ones on sale.  They will fillet it for you as well.   I bought sushi-grade tuna and salmon at the super-H mart in Merrifield a couple of weeks ago and it was fantastic.  You have to note that there is a sushi counter separate from the fish counter in their stores.  

Lotte is the same way iirc.have fun! The freshest and best fish I've seen in DC is at the southwest waterfront's fish market.  Go early on a Saturday.  I've gotten some great stuff from there. Having never purchased "sushi quality" fish before, how do I know whether to trust a vendor when they say its OK to eat raw?   Of course you want the freshest you can get (see Joye P.'s note above), but I think the key differentiator for sushi is that you want the best cut of the fish flesh.  If you're a read meat eater, a good analogy might be a rib eye or t-bone versus a flank or skirt steak cut (note: I haven't fact-checked this assumption).just did a little googling: it has to have been frozen.   Also, check out Durama in Bethesa. I second the fish market on the SW waterfront... Email me about updates Report conversation as inappropriate This conversation is older than 2 months and has been closed to new posts.I like making sushi/sashimi/rolls at home where I'm saving a decent sum of money, but does anyone know of a trustworthy fishmonger in the area?  

That of course, won't break my piggy bank as well.Go Fish — Find Super-Trendy Poke at These Places in D.C. What began as a Hawaiian fishermen's snack is now spreading across the D.C. area. can you buy sushi from publix with ebtPoke, the raw fish dish, can be found everywhere from multiple interpretations at Arlington Hawaiian restaurant Hula Girl to hand roll and bowl versions at downtown's Maki Shop. where to buy sushi grade fish st louisPop-up and truck operation Abunai even offers poke made with tofu instead of tuna (D.C. saw another poke pop-up, Poke Pop D.C., in May at Prequel, too). samurai sushi menu alaskaThere's also a new Northern Virginia Poké-Man food truck that couldn't have started rolling at a better time with the Pokémon craze in full effect.yo sushi dubai delivery menu

The team behind Chasin' Tails also plans to do a vegetarian version in addition to traditional fish when poke goes fast-casual at Lei'd later this year. California's Honeyfish Poke also is looking to expand here. It's said that poke was first made when fishermen in Hawaiian began mixing throw-away scraps of fish with seasonings to have as a snack. Although poke can be made with raw octopus, salmon, or even shellfish, it's usually associated with tuna now. Today seasonings and toppings typically have a Japanese bent. Soy sauce, green onions, sesame seeds, furikake, and wasabi are common, but some D.C restaurants are getting experimental and making it with preserved lime, Macadamia nut, or toasted coconut. — Updated by Tierney Plumb and Missy Frederick This roving food truck does a vegetarian poke with fried tofu, watercress, carrots, onions, tomato, soy ginger dressing, and rice. It's served with a side of furikake mac salad. Check their social media accounts for locations.

Chef de Cuisine Marc Hennessy just freshened up the menu, and a seafood-heavy poke dish is a new addition: Big Eye Tuna Poké and Rappahannock Oysters come with avocado, chile, and lime. The spicy Aleppo pepper in this poke dish plays into this restaurant's fire theme. The tuna cubes are also tossed with preserved lime, rice, avocado, and fried garlic. This seafood stop has a Hawaiian-style poke as a small plate that comes with roasted eggplant marinated in a soy sesame sauce. Hazelnut is also there to add texture. 5 CIRCA (all locations) Circa's take on poke is sushi-grade tuna tossed in a ginger marinade, sitting atop three crispy pitas. The cold concoction recently hit all Circa locations for the summer. It's only fitting this restaurant serving global street food dishes would include something from Hawaii. Find tuna poke with sticky rice, seaweed sesame, soy among international dishes like Georgian khachupuri and German curry wurst. Tuna poke is just one raw fish item highlighted at D.C.'s new crudo bar, served with chiles, furikake, cilantro, and yuzu.

Poke is a shopping destination at Montgomery Mall, with a tuna poke appetizer that comes with crispy wontons for scooping. The upstairs izakaya offers an interpretation of poke with basil pesto and yamaimo. This Woodley Park eatery just added a tuna poke bowl to its offerings. Poke finds its way onto this menu through a spicy ahi tuna poke salad, served with avocado, cabbage, onion, mint, basil, and peppers. Hikari Sushi & Sake Bar Head over to this H Street sushi spot for an eight-piece poke roll with chili powder and spicy tuna on top. The Hawaiian poke is served sashimi style. Hula Girl Bar & Grill It's practically required that a Hawaiian restaurant have poke on the menu. Hula Girl's got a few spins on the dish. The straightforward starter version includes green onion, sesame, shoyu, and chili oil. Others include the grilled tako poke (wood grilled octopus, lemon, soy, shoyu, sesame, and chili) and a poke medley (grilled octopus, lomi salmon, and ahi tuna).

The ahi poke bowl is filled with sushi rice, watercress salad, kimchi, cucumbers, pickled daikon-carrots, and green onion. The poke appetizer at this Japanese restaurant features chopped tuna mixed with seaweed salad, ginger, sesame, soy, toasted sesame oil, scallions, and avocado. It's formed into four stacks. Order a poke tuna hand roll with black rice, toasted sesame oil, papaya, shiso, and kaiware sprouts at this fast-casual Japanese spot. The bowl comes packed with poke, white rice, carrots, cucumber, and radish sprouts. This new Arlington haunt has an ahi tuna poke with avocado, sauce and crackers on the appetizer menu. This new addition to Sterling opened with a Hawaiian poke salad on its menu. This upscale seafood chain does a spicy poke appetizer with crispy wontons and wasabi emulsion. Just like in the game, track down this eponymous food truck to find a spicy mayo salmon poke bowl. For a lighter alternative, SEI does a poke salad with green papaya, avocado, cilantro, lime juice, toasted sesame, pickled radish, wonton chips, and crispy shallots.

Ahi tuna poke shows up on the dinner menu at this new concept from the Silver Diner folks. This Asian fusion restaurant does tuna seasoned with sesame oil, ginger, garlic, scallions, tohgarashi, and soy sauce finished with toasted coconut. (The eatery can sub tamari for soy to delete wheat.) It's also served with wonton chips. UPDATE: The restaurant also just added a poke toast dish with with avocado and daikon. These fishmongers inside Union Market do poke with a choice of either tuna or salmon. The fish is served over rice with seaweed salad, pickled ginger, carrot, soy ginger dressing, and spicy aioli. Shoyu tuna poke is a new addition to this restaurant's summer menu, accented with Vidalia onion and jicama ($14). Try chef Jonah Kim's take on poke at his Ballston restaurant. The tuna is dressed with spicy sauce, shredded lettuce, shiso, and nori. The tuna poke steamed bun comes with rice pearls, sesame seeds, tobiko, and spicy poke sauce. Also get poke in Alexandria.