Mmmmm Mitsuwa Food Court

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Mitsuwa Marketplace

595 River Rd

Edgewater, NJ 07020

(201) 941-9113

http://www.mitsuwa.com/

Mitsuwa is a Japanese supermarket chain that has a food court, a travel agency, a patisserie and a coffee shop. The food court boasts a ramen joint, a chinese food stall, a noodle shop and an ice cream parlor. They also used to have a grill joint, but for reasons unknown removed it. (Sigh.)

The Kanaba stall has rice and noodle dishes. Like with the other stalls,, they have the cute plastic models of the dishes they serve, so you know what you are getting.




Display at Kanaba. It's mouthwatering!!! The bento boxes are a great deal.













We ordered the mini-tempura soba and the tempura set. The food court has free tea (bland) and ice water.





Clockwise, from top left: soba soup, mixed tempura over rice, tamago (egg), mini tempura soba, clementine slices.

For apps, we picked up some supermarket sushi. FYI, they get marked down at the end of the day!

From top: futomaki (aka "Omega roll"), hamachi kama and the lady's special. DJ Kung loved the hamachi kama.

Of course, no meal is complete without oban-yaki. This griddle specialty tastes like a crispy pancake with sweet red bean filling.











Oh, and yes, Mitsuwa is great for stocking up on essentials: ice cream, soba, and sake!!!

Country cookin' at the Country Pancake House

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Country Pancake House

140 E Ridgewood Ave

Ridgewood, NJ 07450 (201) 444-8395

www.countrypancakehouse.net

This place offers 112 varieties of pancakes. This figure does not include the french toast, Belgian waffles, eggs, omelettes and fritattas that are on the menu. The servings are ginormous.

Bread basket. This is complimentary, and includes cornbread, wheat bread and corn bread with chocolate chips (DJKung's fave). My advice is not to fill up on the bread, no matter how tempting it is.






















Since we were having dinner, DJKung ordered chicken noodle soup, which tasted homemade.

















Cup of chicken soup.

I ordered the farmer's fritatta, which was ginormous. It was stuffed with asparagus, mushrooms, tomatoes and cheese. Home fries and two pancakes on the side. Ginormous! As I had unwisely scarfed down too much of the complimentary bread, the leftovers served as my lunch the entire week.

Farmer's fritatta.

DJKung got the country platter. This came with fries, fried shrimp, chicken tenders and coleslaw. The coleslaw was crunchy and sweet, rated "above average" by DJKung.

Overall, the breakfast items are the highlight of Country Pancake House. It is not unusual to see lines here on Sunday morning. Unfortunately,their non-breakfast items tend to be on the bland side (typical diner fare). Go for the pancackes!!!