Mitsuwa is having one of their food fairs right now! We went there before 11:00am today so that we could easily find parking and a seat at the food court to eat. Last time we went about 11:30-12:00 and it was already ridiculous. This time we got there at about 10:30am and easily found parking. We walked around the store with all the cute things in it (J-Style) and the Sanseido Bookstore. The stands outside the market already had food available. You just had to wait for the ones in the food court to open at 11:00am. The Meat-eater was waiting for their ramen shops to open. =)
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| Andhin-do Maki Dora Stand |
Outside the food court, right when you walk in the front door, the stands were already cooking away. We were drawn by this stand making makidora or roll dorayaki. As you can see the chef is making the little pancakes in front. I like to call them little pancakes because that's what it reminds me of.
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| Making Makidora |
Behind the chef making the little pancakes is another chef putting the stuffing into the cakes and rolling them up. As you can see, the trays are empty...they are churning them out pretty fast.
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| 3 Flavors of Maki Dora |
We chose 3 flavors. I chose the Azuki (also spelled adzuki or aduki) or red bean and Green Tea. The Meat-eater chose Custard Cream. I like the simple wrapping of the product.
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| Azuki Makidora |
First up was the azuki flavor. This was the first one I opened up to try. Being Asian...I do like red bean treats. =) The outer pancake/cake like batter was soft, airy, and fluffy. So good...not doughy at all...but there's plenty of dough there as you can see in the picture. The red beans were also good...but a tad sweet for my taste. Strange huh? I usually like red bean but it indeed was a teeny bit too sweet for me. But overall really good!
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| Green Tea Makidora |
We ate this one when we got home. Can you see that the edges of the pancake/cake has flattened more with time? I think most things are better when eaten as fresh as possible. But the taste was still good. The edges were just a bit smooshed, but the pancake/cake itself was still light and fluffy. This was a good combination, not too sweet in my opinion...good green tea flavor...just the right amount.
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| Custard Cream Makidora |
Last but not least is the custard cream flavor. As you can see the cake is still fluffy along the edges...so this was actually the second one that was eaten. I put the flavors in the order of least to most liked. Don't get me wrong, they were all good! But yes, even though I didn't choose custard cream, it ended up being my most favored flavor of the three. You see, I am not a big fan of custard creamy things. There are certain things where they have been good, like in a fresh Beard Papa's cream puff in Japan...not the frozen kind...and egg tarts. But this was good...not too sweet...but still pretty sweet...fluffy cake with creamy but not heavy custard. This was done right. Mmm....we bought a few of just the custard ones and took them home. They're all gone now. =) Hey, might as well eat them while they're still fresh.
There were two other flavors we didn't try...the sesame and green bean. So if you're in the area and want to try it out, tomorrow will be their last day there 10/30.
Mitsuwa Marketplace
http://www.mitsuwa.com/english/index.html
Costa Mesa Store
665 Paularino Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 557-6699
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