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Books and Cafe
Category: Food Coffee & Tea Coffee & Tea [Edit]
Mitsuwa Market Place3760 S Centinela Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90189
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
7 reviews for Books and Cafe
7 reviews in English
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Review from Michelle C.
Los Angeles, CA
BOMB green tea soft serve. I adore matcha green tea goodies. From lattes to fro yo to boba slushes, etc, I've tried plenty and can definitely rave about a few... but nothing compares to an icy spoonful of authentic green tea ice cream. It's been a while since I've tasted a green tea ice cream worth mentioning. Most places either have fro yo or ice cream that's decent, but notably on the weaker flavor spectrum. Not the soft serve in Mitsuwa's Books and Cafe. What a find!
$3.50 for a cup, $4.50 for a cup adorned with red beans and mochi. I kept it simple and ordered the plain green tea soft serve cup. The flavor was fantastic. Full of depth and strong bodied. You know it's authentic when you can "taste" the aroma. Perfect creamy consistency and ice cold to minimize melting.
Needless to say, I savored every spoonful. -
Review from Sharr K.
OMG the freakin' Cream Cornet!
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If you're into light, sweet treats...gotta come down Books and Cafe (inside Mitsuwa Market). I bought one several months ago....and shared it with my mom. We were both fighting for the last bite (literally)! It is a cream puff roll with a light cream inside. It is absolutely yummy.....fluffy, flaky, a little sweet, a little buttery but not too heavy.
A few days ago, my mom asked if I can buy some more for Thanksgiving dinner. When I went the night before, they were out. They told me to come back the next morning and took my order of 20 qty. I came back the next morning (on Thanksgiving) and they had the box ready for me. They mentioned they can take in large orders but need to know a few days ahead of time. I guess I'll be coming here more in the future:-)
They have a small selection of light japanese/french pastries and sandwiches. The girl that works there said their other store in Torrance bakes them fresh every morning. Obviously it is best to buy these pastries in the morning for freshness. I also tried their cream puffs and Japanese sponge cake but I'd have to say the Cream Cornet is my favorite. Their lattes are pretty descent too.Listed in: I was Japanese in my past…, Venice!
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Review from Manami Y.
10/1/2011
I LOVE green tea anything!! I had dropped by this Mitsuwa a number of times, but never noticed this cafe until fairly recently. I thought it was just a bookstore. The last time I came, they were out of the matcha soft serve, but I was successful this time! It was deeee-licious!!! It was so creamy, wasn't overly sweet, and had that nice, strong green tea flavor. I enjoyed every single bite, especially with the wafer cookie. Yum, yum, yum! Check out Jenny S.'s pic!
I actually come to this Mitsuwa to study, have a snack, and wait for traffic to die down before heading back to the OC. I've seen people study in the bookstore section; they have a few tables, but the lighting isn't the greatest so I stick to the food court area. -
Review from Makenna C.
Portland, OR
4/4/2011 1 photo
Inside the Matsuwa Marketplace, we browsed through Books and Cafe after eating some Santouka Ramen. They have a great selection of Japanese books, graphic novels and magazines of all kinds. Most of it I could fawn over endlessly because i love the simplicity of Japanese graphic design, but in the end I rarely buy much at places like this (since I don't read Japanese) unless it's a magazine or art book.
The little bakery was cute too, but we were so stuffed full of ramen that we didn't try any other food within Mitsuwa. -
Review from Jenny S.
8/22/2011 1 photo
green tea FRO YO with real matcha TASTE (w/ a wafer on the side) for your post-ramen dessert cravings!!
although, they don't have much (maybe a few milk teas, 2 types of fro yo, plus other pastries here and there) you can always stop by their BOOK STORE & browse japanese mags, etc. too!!
& since its in the mitsuwa marketplace, feel free to grocery shop or stop at all the restaurants in the yummy/cheap foodcourt! -
Review from Kaz S.
Santa Monica, CA
8/29/2007
This is inside the Mitsuwa Market place . After the bookstore you turn right and it's there with a little counter, right before the Shiseido counter. They also have killer Tiramisu and montblanc for about $4 - $5.
i've had to commute to the Valley and back with the temperature soaring up to 110 in the valley the past few days. It's a steady 75 in Santa Monica....what's up with that??
What keeps me sane? The green tea soft serve icecream with azuki beans (red bean paste) and shiratama for $4.50 plus tax.
I've been here 3 days in a row after the brutal commute my son has put me through.....SM to Encino, and back.
I love green tea everything. At Mitsuwa I buy green tea to drink, and grean tea moisturizers and toners . (they're great antioxidants)
It's almost September....what's up with this heat??!!
I can even see it....steam rising from the asphalt....!Listed in: Desserts
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Review from Michael S.
Marina del Rey, CA
Very small selection of bakery treats and teas here. We felt like something sweet after another satisfying visit to Santouka ramen and the Cream Cornet caught my wifes eye.
Luckily she shared the cornet with me. It wasn't overly fresh, but was indeed sweet and creamy. Our need was filled. We left satisfied.
