Comments on: Weekend Lunch: Mitsuwa Marketplace, New Jersey

By: Mira

Mira — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:49:38 +0000

Hey, let’s totally help the Japanese overfish us into extinction!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/05/AR2010030500612.html?hpid=artslot

By: TaylorandDana.com » Blog Archive » Mitsuwa!

TaylorandDana.com » Blog Archive » Mitsuwa! — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:53:13 +0000

[...] This year, we decided to go to Japan – well, as close as you can get to Japan without actually leaving New Jersey: Mitsuwa Market. Mitsuwa is a truly amazing place – it’s a great market, and it has an awesome food court with amazing tempura, ramen noodles, and other delicious wonders. We had been to Mitsuwa before, but we were recently reminded about how awesome it was after reading about the Giant Tuna festival on our very favorite New York food blog. [...]

By: Yvo

Yvo — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:29:41 +0000

DUDE I was at Mitsuwa on Sunday! They did the performance again and I stood on the opposite side of where you were (judging from the pics). I got video, I just have to upload it. Haha too funny, though even if we were there on the same day, I’d not have recognized you, durf :)
I totally stocked up on everything too. Hehe and the food court is uber duper cheappp! I lurve Katsuhama though I’m not sure if it’s related to the one in Midtown (I thought it was, by the name, but then I thought it was one letter off?) and it’s like, soooo cheap.
http://feistyfoodie.blogspot.com/2007/08/katsuhama-at-mitsuwa.html

By: Rootbeer

Rootbeer — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:32:57 +0000

I did enjoy the existence of the Foodmart International when I lived in Jersey City, but it was not a good choice for everyday American groceries — things like dairy and bread seemed to spoil on the way home.

But god, I could have spent a day in their candy aisle. The Hong Kong Supermarkets in NYC, or even Mitsuwa, got nothing in comparison.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:38:07 +0000

OMG the tuna auction in Tokyo is something you have to see to believe…

By: Moose

Moose — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:01:02 +0000

Mitsuwa is awesome! You should eat the green tea ice cream after your delicious noodles =)

By: TSD

TSD — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:23:00 +0000

Love Mitsuwa and Tsukiji is a must for everyone! Nothing better than eating sushi at 5am!

By: Hype

Hype — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:56:44 +0000

Actually, they have this tuna performance a few times a year, although I guess “officially” it’s only done once. The katsu joint is Katsuhana, which I believe is also in Midtown, and I personally enjoy the ramen at Mitsuwa more than any of the ramen places in Midtown. They also have other weekend festivals where they bring in artisans from famous stores in Japan to make things like takoyaki. The downside is that it gets way too crowded.

I also agree with Nancy and Inane regarding the fish market (Tsukiji). I went to “Zanmai Sushi” and ordered 6 pieces of aburi toro (slightly torched fatty tuna belly) and I was in heaven. It’s about the heaviest and greasiest piece of sushi you can get, but it’s so damn good. I don’t know if any of the sushi restaurants in Midtown do it, and I know it’s frowned upon by conventional sushi chefs.

By: Inane

Inane — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:57:23 +0000

I second the Tokyo fish market. Its a perfect stop for that first day when you wake up at 4am local time convinced that its time for lunch. There are a bunch of food stalls on one side where you can have a great sushi breakfast..uh.. lunch…ugh goddamn jet lag…. just look for genki drinks in the 7-11 afterwards and caffeine yourself through the rest of the day.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:31 +0000

Zach, on one of your great foody vacations you and your wife should go to Tokyo. Get up at 4AM and go down to the auction in the middle of Tokyo where they auction the huge tuna’s like you saw in New Jersey. However, at the auction you will see about 300 of the same huge tuna, surrounded by haggling and screaming to purchase for the local stores and restaurants. Can’t be fresher than that. One of the true travel highlights and damn good sushi. Nancy