I Got Respect For the Food Court at Mitsuwa

Just yesterday, I went out with my friends to explore a bit more of Edgewater. It was my first time walking into a Michael's and I enjoyed my experience with Mitsuwa's food ... again. I started out my day by getting to Book Off on West 45th St first. Like before, I could never find Gintama and I can only hope next time it'll be there. This time they had more Hoshin Engi, but I already owned those volumes. The volumes that I did not own were really yellow, had sticker residue on the cover, and cuts. I picked the volume with the least damage and purchased it for $5. I'll have to disinfect it later since I don't know how many hands this book has gone through.

Walking into Michael's, I saw that it was a crafts heavy store rather than fine arts. There's a huge section just on different ribbons with print design and a large assortment of fake flowers to make your own arrangement. If you are the type that likes to make your own home decor and prepare to great lengths to host a party, Michael's is a good place to gather your supplies. Their paints are really cheap if you have kids that like using a lot of glitter and craft paints. For the kids, there's a variety of kid's crafts that can keep them occupied. It's really professional for the adults and affordable.

Moving along, it was the late afternoon and I was starving. I decided to try a new place to eat at Mitsuwa's and picked Sanuki Udon. They had positive reviews for the quality of the food. I was originally going to try Kayaba or Katsuhana. Unfortunately they had recently closed down and replaced with new restaurants. In the coming two weeks, new restaurants are slated to open (such as Ten-don Hannosuke). At Sanuki's, I chose a niku udon which is an udon topped with beef slices set in a bowl of beef broth. Cost: $6.53. I will come back next time to try the other udons. Going back to the market in the sushi section, I got two onigiri, one unagi and one beef curry, totaling to $4.26. The udon had a good broth with no MSG in it. The udon had a good texture to them, not soggy and not extremely bouncy as if chemicals had been added in. I wish there were more beef slices, but it's expected for this type of price at Mitsuwa's. The beef slices were slices incredibly thin and that's really just how you make more bowls of niku udon. I really like unagi in general so unagi onigiri was my first pick. I would gotten an entire bento, but it would have been too much to eat at the table. Maybe next time. The beef curry onigiri had a mildly spicy sweet curry. It's not enough to send you asking for water.

The sushi section in the market has a grand selection. I may have picked the dragon roll, but it was $8.50 which I thought was too much for something that I could have made by myself. Yesterday they had a prepared bento and a curry bowl that you can heat up with the microwave there. Before I left Mitsuwa, I got myself a green tea ice cream for $2.50 at Oishinbo. It was either ice cream or taiyaki and I picked ice cream. The stores in my neighborhood do not sell green tea ice cream so I thought it would be reasonable to get it at the food court. Matcha Love also sells green tea ice cream, but it's soft serve and it's roughly $4. The green tea ice cream was creamy and not too sweet with a good amount of green tea in it. I also got a piece of Aero to try which is a matcha latte chocolate piece. I'm not a fan of candies in general and this wasn't particularly amazing. Not bad in general.

In the future when I come back, I'll be able to visit the new Ten-don Hannosuke which is a tempura bowl restaurant. That won't be anytime soon though. Getting to Mitsuwa means shuttle bus fee plus Metrocard. Maybe finally I'll try Hamada-ya's bakery or KAI sweets. Honestly, if I didn't control my gluttony I would have continued to eat the entire day.