Soy Sauces
Light, dark, mushroom, sweet, and aged — over fifteen brands of soy on one wall.
Japanese ingredients
Japanese Groceries in Escondido.
Whether you're making weeknight donburi or weekend sushi, we carry the Japanese staples North County home cooks actually use.
850 E. Valley Pkwy, Escondido
What we carry, and why.
Our Japanese section covers the daily-use staples — Kikkoman naturally brewed soy sauce, Mizkan rice vinegar, Kewpie mayonnaise, Marukan ponzu, and a range of miso pastes from light shiro to deep aka.
Our rice section includes Japanese-style options such as Kokuho Rose and Tamaki Gold. The freezer carries edamame and gyoza, while the pantry includes tonkatsu sauce. Our snack and dessert aisles cover Pocky, Hi-Chew, Calbee chips, and mochi in multiple forms.
We can special-order sushi-grade fish — yellowtail, salmon, ahi — with about a day's notice from our fishmonger. Drinks include Pocari Sweat, Calpico, Yakult, and a curated sake and shochu selection.
Popular japanese ingredients.
Not sure which paste, noodle, or wrapper a recipe means? These guides explain the useful differences and link to our current catalog.
Japanese pantry
Miso Paste
A Japanese fermented paste made from soybeans, salt, and koji cultured on rice, barley, soybean, or another grain.
Read the guide Japanese condimentKewpie Mayo
A Japanese mayonnaise brand known for a rich egg-forward texture, pronounced tang, and squeeze-bottle format.
Read the guide Japanese rice cakeMochi
A Japanese rice-cake category traditionally made by pounding steamed glutinous rice; many modern filled and frozen sweets use mochi-style dough.
Read the guide Japanese seaweedNori
Thin dried sheets made from cultivated red algae, usually roasted for sushi, rice balls, garnish, and snacks.
Read the guideOn the shelf
Japanese pantry — what we stock.
A non-exhaustive list of the japanese items we keep on the shelves week to week. If a product is listed on our website, we carry it in-store — for anything not shown, submit a product request.
Pantry essentials
- Kikkoman naturally brewed soy sauce
- Mizkan rice vinegar
- Kewpie Japanese mayonnaise
- Marukan ponzu and Bull-Dog tonkatsu sauce
- Miso paste — white (shiro), red (aka), awase
- Dashi powder (Hondashi) and kombu
Rice, noodles & breading
- Tamaki Gold short-grain and Kokuho Rose medium-grain rice
- Sushi vinegar and nori sheets
- Udon, soba, somen, ramen kits
- Panko (Japanese breadcrumb)
Freezer & cooler
- Frozen edamame and shelled mukimame
- Frozen gyoza (chicken, pork, vegetable)
- Mochi ice cream — mango, matcha, strawberry, red bean
- Sushi-grade fish on order
Snacks, drinks & sake
- Pocky, Hi-Chew, Kit Kat (matcha, strawberry, dark)
- Calbee shrimp chips, Meiji Hello Panda
- Pocari Sweat, Calpico, Yakult, Ramune
- Junmai, ginjo, plum wine, shochu
Related departments
Walk these aisles for japanese cooking.
Rice — Every Size & Type
Jasmine, basmati, sticky, brown, sushi, and broken rice in everything from 5 lb to 50 lb bags.
Large Ramen Selection
Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Indonesian instant ramen — spicy, mild, soup or dry.
Frozen & Ice Cream
Six full doors of ice cream plus dumplings, baos, hot pot fixings, and weeknight proteins.
Sake & Wine
Junmai, ginjo, plum wine, soju, and shochu — a focused selection curated for Asian cooking.
International & Domestic Drinks
Bubble tea, soy milk, herbal teas, Pocari Sweat, Calpico, Asian sodas — cold and ready.
Signature japanese dishes — everything in stock.
Donburi
Rice bowls — gyudon, oyakodon, katsudon — all the components in stock.
Nigiri Sushi
Sushi-grade fish on order, plus the rice, vinegar, wasabi, and nori.
Tonkatsu
Panko-crusted pork cutlets with the iconic Bull-Dog sauce.
From our kitchen
Japanese recipes to try at home.
Need a specific japanese ingredient?
If it’s listed here or on a department page, we carry it in-store. For anything not shown, submit a product request or call the butcher counter for any cut.
