J Sweets - Costa Mesa

Lots of Japanese chocolate and cookies gift sets. A bit pricey but taste so yummy. We buy a bunch whenever we stop by mitsuwa market. The people working there are very helpful and offer to gift wrap your items.

One of my good friend introduced Mochi Creams to me awhile back and I cannot lie, they are a bit addicting! Don't say I didn't warn you. If you like Mochi Ice Cream, you'll like these as well. I prefer these over the ice cream since they are so pillowy decadent. Lightly sweetened and just so good. If you are a fan of Royce' Chocolates, you will love that they have a case full of them. These chocolates are like BUTTER, just melts in your mouth and not too sweet. If you haven't tried any of these treats, please do yourself a favor and get some during the holidays...you'll thank me later. Needed to grab a few gift sets for a dinner party. These make the best gifts to share. Everyone always goes crazy for them when we bring them. There are always a ton of flavors to choose, but my fave flavors are below: Strawberry Shortcake $2.60 Chocolate Red Bean Peach Yoghurt Black Sesame Personal FAVE Green Tea Personal FAVE NOTE: Prices are per each flavor. Gift Sets available: Box of 6 $18.20 Box of 12 $33.40 (for every 12 pcs Gift Box, you get 1 free Mochi Cream Green Tea Flavor). LOCATION Inside the Mitsuwa Marketplace just on the right side when you enter the marketplace (on the corner) before you make your way to the food court. CUSTOMER SERVICE The ladies there are always friendly and so helpful. DESSERT SELECTION Lots to choose from at this location. They carry assorted Japanese Chocolates (different price point) and Cookies Crackers and tons of Gift Sets. Mochi Creams are always available but some flavors might sell out. PRICE On the pricey side but these are really good and worth every penny IMO. These definitely make for a nice gift to any dinner party or occasions. VERDICT Though they are on the pricey side, they are well worth it. You will love them too and be just as addicted as I am. I have warned you all...this is like entering a Black Hole, there's no turning back.

Their mochi cream is imported from Japan. My favorites are green tea, double mango, and caramel pudding. There used to be a bigger variety of flavors. Customer service is great and friendly. The lady nicely packaged my mochi cream desserts into a clear bag.

8/1/2022 Second time trying Mochi Cream's mochi. Bought these yesterday. As soon as you purchase the mochi, you will see they are semi-frozen. So trying to bite into it, you will be eating a mochi ice cream. BUT the best way to eat it is when it's completely thawed out in the refrigerator. All the mochi textures were soft and pillowy. You get that gluttonous rice texture as you eat. It was a lovely texture with the cream fillings inside. Raspberry Millefeuille In combination of the raspberry flavor and this creamy nutty flavor that immediately reminded me of nut butters. You immediately felt like you were taking a bite out of a PB&J. As you chew, you get crispy millefeuille in every bite. I liked the contrast in texture with soft and crunchy. Strawberry Shortcake. Favorite This tastes like Strawberry Fruit Cake or Strawberry Cream Cake from Asian bakeries. And it's in mochi form! Matcha Straight up Sencha Matcha flavor. The center had Sencha Matcha as well, although there is a mix of cream too. Mainly matcha flavor. Tasted like you're drinking green tea out of a cup. Caramel Pudding Tastes like flan. Not overly sweet. If you wanna try a flan mochi, this is it. Double Mango Second Favorite This was delicious as well. If you're looking for fruity flavor. This is it! Yes, it's like those Asian fruit ice creams sold in Asian stores. You get that creamy fruit flavor. The filling is so creamy! Loved it! Basically it's a milky mango ice cream mochi. Yes, the fake flavor kind, but still good! Tried these flavors a few days prior. No pics. Sakura Could barely taste the sakura! Barely! Maybe because I ate it right after my purchase and it was semi-frozen. A vague berry-like cream flavor, yet it didn't really taste of anything. Black Sesame This tasted exactly like that! Good flavors black sesame flavors coming through. A lot less creamier filling than the other mochis.

I was at Mitsuwa Marketplace in Costa Mesa a couple weeks ago. Whenever I'm at any Mitsuwa, my go to are Santouka Ramen and J.sweets if they exist because not all Mitsuwa have them (San Gabriel location doesn't have the restaurants and shops which is a bummer because I live closest to SG . I've been to Mitsuwa in Torrance so I thought I try their other locations. Anyway, this review is on J.sweets so let's get back to it... I've at least tried 19 of their mochi flavors... my 4 favorite mochis are below. They are my go to. There are a few honorable ones, but I won't mention them here. 1. Raspberry Mille Feuille (my #1 fav!... just delightful and yummy! 2. Apple Pie (my #2 fav!... it must be the crunch! 3. Double Mango (my #3 fav!... a lovely mango... very tasty! 4. Sakura (my #4 fav!... a nice cherry flavor! Each mochi is about $2.20 $2.30. I usually buy 8 of each every time... so do the math LOL. I'm walking out with about $70+ of mochi LOL. By the way, they do come frozen so make sure you place them in the freezer after you get home. You may leave a few out to defrost for dessert. Staff was very friendly and service was excellent. Mitsuwa parking was a little tight, but it could be better. Give J.sweets a try at any of their locations either Costa Mesa (medium size store , Irvine (very small store and they don't carry my #1 fav... bummer! , or Torrance (biggest store compared to the other two . Happy Mochi'ing!