Mitsuwa

Normally, we tend to avoid food courts like the plague. However, we were willing to make an exception for Mitsuwa. The food court has about 5 separate booths along with an ice cream stand and sushi bar. Out of the 5 booths, one stand served Korean fare, one stand served Chinese fare and three stands served Japanese fare. This day, J set his heart on ramen and I craved bibimbap.

100 E. Algonquin Road,
Arlington Hts., IL 60005
(847)956-6699
9:00AM - 8:00PM


Mitsuwa's liquor shop with a large selection of sake. It's too bad we aren't really into sake.


These food court displays are like window shopping, for food!


There was so much stuff to look at.


Today's special - juicy pork cutlet using top quality Berkshire for $8.95


Today's special - Mixed Vegetable Soba for $5.00


So many choices... still taking it all in.


It really took us a good long while to decide


In addition to the ramen, the small katsu-don set for $3.90 caught J's eyes.


I found my selection. Apparently, bibimbap in a stone bowl is called dol sot.


J's small ramen, which he enjoyed and reminded him of Naruto


My dol sot, I like the stone bowl because it keeps the food warm longer and makes the rice crunchy


My dol sot all mixed up


J's small katsu-don set as is


I rearranged it and opened the lid. He also liked this set with the exception of the egg on top of the katsu and the miso soup. The egg was runny and the miso was bland.

Overall, we quite enjoyed this experience.