Quick Japanese lunch

On Wednesday, the hubster offered to take me out to lunch. 

"You mean, like... a date?" 

"Sure, whatever."

Ah, the romance after 13 years together.

So promptly at noon, he picked me up from work and we headed to Mitsuwa in Costa Mesa. We love going to this place, not just for Japanese items, but for their food court. The only downside is that the parking lot is not the best. 

But inside... all sorts of food. We usually head straight to the one of the right where I always always order the Pork Cutlet Curry (5.75), but then this time, I decided on the Minced Beef Curry (6.25)... think of an Asian version of the Country Fried Steak... and instead of gravy and biscuits, the battered and fried meat sat on a plate of white rice with the yum Japanese curry all over (and some sliced hard boiled egg to garnish)... I decided to choose this over my usual because it included a side salad with ginger dressing and some pickled red peppers.

The husband instead was drawn towards the food shop on the left, and ordered the Korean dish, Bibimbap: a hot sizzling bowl filled with rice, veggies (mostly bean sprouts and spinach), a sunny-side up egg and the Korean red paste. And as he dug below, he found a giant piece of white fish. Accompanying this dish (5.99) was a small bowl of various things: deep fried octopus, glass noodle salad, kimchi and a cold noodle dish of some sort.

 

We were happy lunchers.