Mitsuwa coming to Irvine

homer_simpson said:
I use to shop at Mitsuwa when I visited my buddy that worked there in Costa Mesa.  They had a pretty cool selection of snacks or what not.  It's nice to see the rennovation going on at Heritage Plaza and that a Japanese market will be close by if my wife and I ever decided to pick up goodies to make a sushi dinner.  8)

http://irvinehomes.ocregister.com/2011/07/25/big-japanese-grocer-coming-to-irvine/19623/
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no need to make it, they should have a wide selection of sushi/sashimi bento packaged ready to grab and eat in the fridge section.  they might even have the $1 off "manager special" after 5pm to push the day old stuff..  what I'm excited about is what food courts they will have...  at least a decent ramen/noodle shop.. 
 
This is great news!  :)

Now I can finally cook any country's cuisine by shopping up and down Culver from my house.

More Western and Eastern European delis would be entirely welcomed too.

Love that they are renovating Heritage Plaza. Can't wait.
 
Read somewhere maybe November open?  should be fun..  still the parking situation's kinda scary.  It's not like ACE hardware brings in people...  with the parking crunch I feel sorry for the smaller mom and pop stores..
 
Irvinecommuter said:
Didn't Mitsuwa starting charging a membership fee to shop at its Costa Mesa store?
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That's Marukai on Harbor blvd...  Mitsuwa is still free... but I think it's prices are more expensive.. So it averages out... Mitsuwa definitely has the edge in the food court dept..  Santouka ramen hands down beats every ramen place in SoCal
 
Marukai... that brings back fond memories of when I was a kid asking my dad to bring me to Marukai in Gardena so that I can buy a Raideen action figure (an anime mecha transformer before anyone knew what "anime", "mecha" or "transformer" was).
 
I am curious as to which vendors will occupy the Irvine location food court. Santouka Ramen would be a welcome tennant--they already have locations in Costa Mesa & Torrance.

Did anyone try the new restaurants at the Costa Mesa location:

1) Sanukiseimen Mugimaru
Udon/Tempurahttp://www.yelp.com/biz/sanukiseimen-mugimaru-costa-mesa

2) Don Don Tei
Rice bowl mealshttp://www.yelp.com/biz/don-don-tei-costa-mesa

3) The Loft
Hawaiian Restauranthttp://www.yelp.com/biz/the-loft-hawaiian-restaurant-costa-mesa
 
This is great news - We loved the Mitsuwa in Costa Mesa during our visit last year - food court had authentic tastes that reminded my family of home which was good because the Japanese restaurant in Quail Hill turned us off on their food by putting sugar in the sauce for the soba noodles - that's so not right.

gaab
 
iacrenter said:
I am curious as to which vendors will occupy the Irvine location food court. Santouka Ramen would be a welcome tennant--they already have locations in Costa Mesa & Torrance.

Did anyone try the new restaurants at the Costa Mesa location:

1) Sanukiseimen Mugimaru
Udon/Tempurahttp://www.yelp.com/biz/sanukiseimen-mugimaru-costa-mesa

2) Don Don Tei
Rice bowl mealshttp://www.yelp.com/biz/don-don-tei-costa-mesa

3) The Loft
Hawaiian Restauranthttp://www.yelp.com/biz/the-loft-hawaiian-restaurant-costa-mesa
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Haven't tried the udon place yet, but it's supposed to the number one udon chain in Japan.  I am partial to Fukada myself. 

I've tried the Loft in Huntington Beach and thought it was decent Hawaiian.

None of the ramen places in Irvine currently are worth going to.  Ajisen in Diamond Jamboree Plaza is a Chinese chain that was just outed as using liquid concentrate for their broth:
http://english.eastday.com/e/110813/u1a6051169.html

 
oakcreekrenter said:
Haven't tried the udon place yet, but it's supposed to the number one udon chain in Japan.  I am partial to Fukada myself. 

I've tried the Loft in Huntington Beach and thought it was decent Hawaiian.

None of the ramen places in Irvine currently are worth going to.  Ajisen in Diamond Jamboree Plaza is a Chinese chain that was just outed as using liquid concentrate for their broth:
http://english.eastday.com/e/110813/u1a6051169.html
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Ick!  Ajisen was mediocre at best, now I know why.  Hopefully there's no melamine and heavy metals in their soup. 
 
oakcreekrenter said:
None of the ramen places in Irvine currently are worth going to.  Ajisen in Diamond Jamboree Plaza is a Chinese chain that was just outed as using liquid concentrate for their broth:http://english.eastday.com/e/110813/u1a6051169.html
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Try Mizuki on Michelson and Kairakutei in Tustin:http://www.mizukirestaurant.com/http://www.kairakutei.web44.net/

For something a little different, try Habuya on Red Hill in Tustin.

Unfortunately, Gardena ramen has closed this year.  A new place opened down the street on Western, but they only serve lunch and it's just spicy variants of tan tan mien and mapodofu.


-- Momo (currently in Richmond VA)
 
momopi said:
oakcreekrenter said:
None of the ramen places in Irvine currently are worth going to.  Ajisen in Diamond Jamboree Plaza is a Chinese chain that was just outed as using liquid concentrate for their broth:http://english.eastday.com/e/110813/u1a6051169.html
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Try Mizuki on Michelson and Kairakutei in Tustin:http://www.mizukirestaurant.com/http://www.kairakutei.web44.net/

For something a little different, try Habuya on Red Hill in Tustin.

Unfortunately, Gardena ramen has closed this year.  A new place opened down the street on Western, but they only serve lunch and it's just spicy variants of tan tan mien and mapodofu.


-- Momo (currently in Richmond VA)
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Thanks for the suggestions.. never even knew they existed...  gonna try them out and compare to Santouka
 
Tried Kairakutei yesterday for lunch, definitely thumbs up from my family. 

I got the Miso Tonkotsu Ramen

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And wife got the Negi Spicy Ramen

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Even my picky eater 2 year old ate up the noodles.  The side order of fried rice was delicious (wish they used short grain rice) and reminded me of my time in Japan when I had the best fried rice ever in my life (funny it was in Japan).  Service was friendly, restaurant was a little warm for ramen but they just opened.  Easy to miss, tucked in a corner of a small shopping mall, luckily I was able to read the Japanese "ramen" word outside or I would've driven pass.
 
I actually have many hundreds of food photos that have not been sorted, but it's difficult because they're usually from out of state or in Canada.  Due to my traveling job, I often leave on Sunday night and return the following Saturday morning around 2am.  Over the past few months I've eaten my way through 20+ US States and 5 Canadian Provinces.  I had a great mole plate at Mayan Cafe in Louisville KY for lunch last week, but who's going to fly there from CA just to get lunch?  @_@;;

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Nice.

And it's lunchtime (wasn't there some old IHB rule about that? Heh.)

You should post the more exotic or uncommon pictures.
 
I was at Gossner foods in Logan, Utah, they make UHT shelf-stable milk that'd last 6-9 months at room temp for the military.  At their facility they also sell excellent ice cream and by-products like cheese curds for $1.  You can even get smoked flavor cheese curds.  Unfortunately the shelf life of cheese curd is too short to bring back to CA.  They also make some special flavor milk like rootbeer flavor.  @_@;;

If anyone is interested, I think you can order Gossner UHT milk from Dollar Tree for $1/quart.  The longer shelf life is great for emergencies.

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