The coffee shop (which made our best coffee shops in Downtown list) is serving strawberry-frosted and chocolate-frosted Hello Kitty donuts, along with a HK latte.
On Friday, the Hello Kitty Hungry Hunt began its nearly month-long celebration of Hello Kitty's 40th anniversary. The hunt, which takes place in the Downtown/Little Tokyo, Mid-City and Sawtelle neighborhoods, features 11 participating restaurants, each offering their own Hello Kitty-themed dish and a corresponding pin. We decided to tackle all 11 restaurants, coffee shops, and boba tea cafes in one day because, you know, research.
Apparently, you all had the same idea. LA's Hello Kitty fanatics came out in droves on the first day, forming massive lines, running from one restaurant to another amidst rumors of a pin-shortage, and buying up cat-faced pastries before the cafe had even intended to sell them. It was madness, simply madness. The hunt will continue every day—every.day.—until November 21, but that didn't stop the masses from wanting to ingest Hello Kitty's face in 11 different ways during a single afternoon.
We succeeded in trying all but two locations, and we're sure, once we've recovered from Kitty White overload, we'll make it to the remaining spots (because the pins, guys, the pins!). Check out our slideshow for all the featured dishes, and find out whether they're worth waiting in line for.
If standing in line for a scone in the shape of a cat doesn't appeal to you, there are a few other events celebrating this momentous anniversary: the Hello Kitty convention and art exhibition.
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