Parrish Magic Line Baking Pan Factory Retail Store, Gardena (Los Angeles)

Parrish Magic Line Factory in Gardena, California

Southern California Friends,

Heya! Pick up your cake round and flip it over. Does it say "Magic Line" Gardena, CA 90248? If so, I went to the factory where it is made today!

Parrish Magic Line is located in Gardena, California (in the South Bay area of Los Angeles). The factory is located in the very industrial part of the Gardena and you can just walk in and buy stuff Monday - Friday!

I've been once before and picked up a few cake pans. My favorite place, Surfas carries Magic Line pans. I've seen them in most restaurant supply stores like ChefsMart and Chef's Toys. I think they are the commercial, industry standard.


I love how the edges of the square or rectangle pans are perfectly square. Not like the casserole Pyrex 9 x 13 pan...save that for the lasagna and Jell-O. The edges make lovely brownies, coffeecakes and all bar cookies. All the bakeware is easy to clean, sturdy and offers consistent baking.

Today, I picked up extra 9 x 13 rectangle,  9 x 9 square, and 8 x 8 square pans. (I'm going to do some major baking next week and the extra pans will come in handy.)

I checked my closet and realized I own a lot of Magic Line. Um... some of my inventory includes lots of cake rounds (from 10 inch down to a 3 inch round, most are 2 inches high, but a few are deeper 3 inches). I now have two sets of 9 x 13, 9 x 9, 8 x 8 rectangle and square pans. I also have a jelly roll pan and I think there is a larger square one too...I think I'm pretty covered.


The retail outlet in the factory is less expensive than stores I visited. Today, I went to ChefsMart and a 9 x 9 square was over $14. At Parrish, it was $13.50. The 8 x 8 square was $12.50 (it's $15.50 on Amazon) and the 9 x 13 was $15.50.

Don't think this is like a fancy Outlet Mall factory store. You can walk around the shelves and pick what you need, while passing workers who are busy filling orders. You might see some people making the pans too! They have wedding cake size pans, metal rings and some other baking stuff. The staff is friendly...I spent time talking to the cashier about libraries and crazy Friday nights of watching 20/20. It's low tech...the cashier looked up prices on a sheet, swiped my credit card and then used those carbon sheets to make an imprint of my card (remember that?)

Amazon's description says "Made in the USA" - it should say "Made in the awesome South Bay!" I love them...as you can tell by my collection!

If you aren't in the South Bay during the week, here are some links to get the pans on Amazon (full disclosure, I'm in the Amazon Affiliate program so if you buy something, I get a few cents)
Parrish on Amazon
Parrish Magic Line 8 x 8 x 2 Square Pan is $15.50 on Amazon

Parrish Magic Line 9 x 13 x 2 Inch Oblong Cake Pan is $20.00 on Amazon

Parrish's Home of Magic Line Factory Retail Store (I couldn't find a working website for them)
Open (as of May 2013) Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 4:30 PM
225 W 146th Street
Gardena, CA 90248
(310) 324-2253
Yelp (just has the address and phone)

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Mitsuwa "Umaimono Gourmet" Food Fair

I woke up this morning to a tweet (via my friend @JustJennDesigns, and Jitlada lover @MyLastBite) about the Mitsuwa Food Fair happening this weekend. Garrett Snyder of the LA Weekly called it, "It's sort of like the "Comic-Con" for Japanese cuisine."

I went to the Torrance store (also happening in Costa Mesa) this afternoon. I was too late for the special Ichimonji-style tonkotsu miso ramen, but picked up a croquette, crab sushi and these amazing waffle custard filled yummy things from Kobe Fugetsudo.

This is only happening until Sunday, June 17th so if you are in the area, stop by! Also, it's coming to Chicago and New Jersey next week.

I'm bummed I missed the rice ball event that happened earlier...I'm going to follow @Mitsuwa_SoCal so I don't miss the next one!

(Top photo: Crab Inari 4 for $7.90; Ikameshi Croquette $2.50 each (filled with a squid and rice mix), and lots of different fried fish cakes are available)

Other items include a Seafood Bento Box (crab, sea urchin, salmon roe, squid) for $15.90; Roe for $78.99 a pound!!! (holy smokes...but I imagine you don't need to buy a pound of roe unless you really have thing for roe); fish, lots of croquettes (filled with things such as cheese, green onions, pumpkin, potato) and fried fish cakes.

These waffles are filled with custard, green tea custard, or chestnut custard with a whole chestnut inside! Kobe Fugetsudo has this great waffle iron that spells out their name and a chef is standing all day making the waffles. (Japan-based Kobe Fugetsudo is not to be confused with Fugetsudo mochi in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.) These were definitely my favorite! If you are in the South Bay or OC, stop by Mitsuwa tomorrow to pick these up!

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