Mitsuru Cafe
117 Japanese Village Plaza Mall, 90012-3908 - Los Angeles
Japanese
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Outdoor seating
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Wheelchair accessible
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Casual
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Cozy
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Phone:
+1 213-613-1028
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Address:
117 Japanese Village Plaza Mall, Los Angeles
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I love this place. Perfect snack spot if you don't want to sit and eat. Highly recommend the Japanese style fried chicken and the sweet red bean bread.
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This place is not a dine in restaurant, it’s more of to-go food and snacks. Their dango is fresh and so good. They are specialize in skewers such as chicken karage, pork shiumai, takoyaki… they always have a line.
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Great for Japanese snacks. We always stop by here to get the red bean cakes. The rice cakes are also nice. I do wish they heated up the karaage fried chicken.
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I ordered a Mitarashi dango, takoyaki and red bean cake. I would recommend all three, the items are quality. Service is very quick.
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My mom loves their red bean pancake. Only place that makes them hot and fresh.
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After we got off high school, my best friend Debbie and I would go to Little Tokyo and Mitsuru Cafe for the red bean cake. Back in the 80's, the red bean cake was only 25 cents. The old Mitsuru Cafe was on 1st.
Today, my husband and I bought a red bean cake and a skewer of shrimp balls. The red bean cake still tastes the same as in the 80's.
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Came for the imagayawaki, and it was so good and worth the calories. Also tried their shrimp balls. Yum. Note that they don’t have dine in or seats. You order through a window and they hand you the food.
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Hate their hours, only open a few days a week but the food is really good. Especially love the chicken kaarage and shrimp ball. They also had mitarashi dango before but didnt see it when i went, i remember it to be really good.
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This place sometimes eludes me since the last few times I've been down here the shop is closed (currently only opened 4 days a week). However I finally was able to come here when it is opened and there was a huge line! This place is so popular that even after ordering imagawataki I had to wait another 30 min (other snacks on a stick have no wait). Prices have gone up, but taste and quality is the same. My only regret was buying just 4 knowing I had to wait this long.
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Been coming to this Japanese Village staple since I was a kid and their Imagawayaki is the best I know of outside Japan! It has the perfect balance of sweet pancake and azuki red bean fresh off the griddle. The perfect snack while exploring Little Tokyo.
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