The winter fruit of the gods has been fingered, crushed and tossed aside at my Westside supermarkets. But I found some yesterday in Little Tokyo, at the Mitsuwa Marketplace, that still look great and taste great. Sweet, seedless, easy to peel and a decent price — what's not to like?

The mikan (aka satsuma, mandarin or Wenzhou migan)

D in geography: Mitsuwa advertises a marketplace in Santa Monica that is actually in Mar Vista (meaning Los Angeles), on Centinela Avenue.