Jaymes M.
Yelp
Misasa, can be found inside the Mitsuwa marketplace's food court right next to Hokkaido Ramen Santouka in Irvine. I personally don't order from this restaurant but my husband has for several years. I don't know why he goes there, because every time he buys the food, his opinion is always just "meh". Literally every time. It never fails. He says "meh". I ask why he continues to go to them but he just says "I don't know". I've tried all the food he's purchased which was also just ok for me.
Go to the counter, order your food and find a seat/table. It's best to go outside of the lunch and dinner rush. If you don't want to purchase a drink from the restaurant or the market, make sure you bring your own water. Water for the food court is room temp from a faucet. I prefer water filtered by reverse osmosis, so the water for the restaurants are not to my liking at all.
What he has ordered most recently;
1) Grilled salmon - The salmon was served with rice, miso soup, a potato salad, sliced unseasoned cucumber and cooked bean sprouts. My son thought the salmon was alright. He ate all of it because he was hungry but he wasn't all that impressed with it. I ate the bean sprouts which I normally love to eat, but this was not seasoned. It seemed like it was only cooked in water.
2) Mixed tempura - shrimp and veggie tempura over rice, served with the tempura dipping sauce. The sauce was very flavored. Heavy in taste, both sweet and salty. It was overpowering the tempura, so we ate them without the sauce. I'm not used to tempura sauce having such a strong taste. That was a first for me.
3) Gyudon - thinly sliced beef over rice, served with red ginger. I didn't get to taste this one but my kids said it reminded them of Yoshinoya's beef bowl.
It's a 3 out of 5 for me. The food has consistently been mediocre. I know my husband will be back though. I'll be next door eating the ramen.