Konbi

Konbi is a tiny Japanese-inspired counter in Echo Park that became one of Los Angeles' most talked-about openings upon its debut, winning accolades from Eater, the LA Times, and national food publications for the precision and craft applied to what sounds simple on paper. The Egg Salad Sandwich — made on shokupan milk bread with a perfectly soft-boiled egg yolk folded into a creamy, barely-dressed salad and trimmed with knife-clean edges — is the definitive version of the Japanese convenience store egg salad, elevated to something genuinely extraordinary. The daily pastry selection, from kouign-amann to seasonal fruit galettes, is baked with the same uncompromising care. The space seats only a handful of guests. Go early, order the egg salad sandwich and whatever pastry catches your eye, and take it outside to eat.