Attention NY/NJ area people (13)

8 Name: MJP 2005-10-17 21:16 ID:kF7wlvw1

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Update: Mitsuwa in Edgewater has just gone through a MAJOR renovation. A lot of the stuff has relocated and there are new additions:

1) A new ramen shop with some new dishes, others that look quite good and are unique to the shop, about twelve or so ramens

2) An udon shop - nothing but udon of all sorts and types, with maybe fifteen or so different types of udon

3) A katsu shop - croquettes, katsu, tempura, all in meal sets. You get a choice of a couple of little sides and such, including fresh tofu, salad, etc.

The travel agency has moved, shrunk, and been renamed.

The fancy pastry shop that sold tins of gaufres and other fancy Japanese and Japanese Western-style sweets (The kind you give as gifts to show that you spent $40 on two cookies) has been expanded and moved.

The sushi, bento, and onigiri things they used to sell near the front have been moved to the rear of the market area and are now paid for at the market registers, not the seperate kiosk.

I don't know what happened to the fried stuff they had - takoyaki, take-out croquettes, etc. Same goes for the big bubble tea shop... it doesn't seem to have a presence anymore, which is sad, because the nearest ones are now either in Chinatown or Parsippany. ;-;

Also, a lot of the shops in the accompanying strip mall seem to have moved out or lost their leases. It looks like the gift shop that often had random anime and Japanese stuff is gone, as is the clothes store where you could get a real kimono or an insanely overpriced suit if you wanted. The bookstore is still there, though.

The new layout is very nice, definitely made for foot traffic and heavily playing up the food court. There's more seating space, too, and if anyone's there on a Saturday afternoon in the winter, you'll see that it's necessary.

Oh, almost forgot to mention: now that it's getting colder again, they have roasted sweet potatos out front, too, just by the front entrance. Something like 3 lbs/$5, which is a potato or three. I haven't had any yet because I'm always stuffed from eating inside.

Anyone up for a world4ch/iichan gathering?

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