A new international market in Hyattsville is importing Nigerian delicacies.

Located at 4802 Rhode Island Ave., in the former auto shop next to Pizzeria Paradiso, Motojesi Foods brings in regional favorites from all over the West African country.

There’s Ofada rice, an indigenous variety grown in the southwest; red palm oil from the southeast; and yellow garri, a type of cassava flour popular in the east, among other staples.

And there’s also Indomie, a type of instant noodles that’s a popular cheap eat.

Owner Adeniyi Motojesi works with farmers in his native Nigeria to buy many of the products in bulk and have them packaged in his store’s own facilities and shipped. He brags that his large boxes of Indomie sell for $13.99, compared to the $25 shoppers may pay at other stores.

But Motojesi also aims high, building out a meat department and having fufu made in Nigeria shipped overnight once or twice a week for immigrants who think the sticky dough dish just doesn’t taste the same here.

The store opened about a month ago, and Motojesi says he’s seeing steady business from African immigrants who have long said they wanted a store that catered to their tastes as well as shoppers passing by who grab a soda or some chips.

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