UCC Cafessa

When we can’t find some place to sit in the usually crowded food court area at Mitsuwa, we’ll head over to this café that’s tucked away in the corner. They usually have space open.
Coffee is decent, nothing to write home about. I haven’t had any speciality drinks or sweets here. I have had the Japanese style curry that they serve which is usually pretty generously sized and delicious.
Sometimes the people working are a bit lazy though, and maybe a bit more interested in talking to each other than helping customers.

This place serves the best Japanese curry west of Hudson! Bar none.
Also it is the quiet area of Mitsuwa Market, so when the food court area are jammed pack, come to this corner, order a dessert and dine here.

UCC Cafessa is part of the of the UCC Coffee family of coffee shop concepts. They are renowned in Asia for their premium, siphoned coffees and delicious Euro-​Japanese fusion food. They don’t have many locations in the States, but I happen to run across one while shopping at the Mitsuwa Marketplace in New Jersey. It’s located towards the main entrance on the far left.
Although they’re a renowned coffee shop, it’s the food that made we want to try this place. Like many Japanese cafes, UCC Cafessa has plastic replicas of their dishes for customers to preview prior to purchase. When I came across this place, I still haven’t had breakfast yet so the green pan cake seem like the ideal dish to try. From the plastic replica, the pancake looked soft and fluffy and not overly sweet. The actual pancake was nothing like the plastic replica (see pic below). It was hard and dense, the red bean topping was way too sweet, and size was nearly half the replica. Their coffee might be good, but don’t come here for the pancakes!