Born as a pop-up out of Gemma Lee and Luis Kim’s home in 2024, salt bread bakery Out of Ordi moved into a permanent Koreatown space in 2025, where the duo could serve their plush, buttery rolls regularly. Since opening, a line has stretched out of the strip
mall and around the corner almost every day to secure a salt bread, served plain or filled with cream in flavors such as ube, sweet corn, and matcha. In a city where there are lines aplenty, many of them are not worth the time, Out of Ordi feels like the exception. The salt bread may be the best in Los Angeles, baked with good French butter that comes through in every bite and a salinity that stands out even in the sweet rolls. (They were also the featured bread slinger at Eater’s Off Menu party in 2026.)
What to order
- First-timers (and return visitors) should always start with the plain roll to understand salt bread in its most basic expression. The texture falls somewhere between brioche and Japanese milk bread, with an interior structure that almost imitates a softer croissant, with a honeycomb of soft gluten strands stretched around butter.
- The corn creme remains a constant favorite on the menu, with a few kernels of slightly blistered corn nesting in a dollop of cream on the milk bread. Its interior tastes like a sweeter corn cheese, filled with a light, whipped vanilla cream dotted with corn kernels.
- Strawberry milk fans will meet their match with the Strawberry Halo, piped with strawberry sweet cream and decorated with a sliver of strawberry.
- Most of the cream-filled salt bread options have at least a hint of sweetness. To keep things more salty, go for the Savory Things — pocked with bacon bits, cheese, and jalapeños.
- The G.O.C. is the closest analog to garlic bread, filled with cream cheese, garlic, and onions. Diced scallions crown the salt bread like an allium mohawk.
To drink
Out of Ordi is a full-service cafe with coffee, tea, and sparkling refreshers. The cold brew is a pleasantly acidic counterbalance to the salt breads, while those looking for something sweeter can try the sweet corn einspanner or ube latte.
Insider tip
The cafe doesn’t take pre-orders or any online ordering — that means the only way to secure these rolls is to wait in line with everyone else. If the line doesn’t cross the corner of Eight and Oxford, it will likely take less than half an hour to get in. The cafe offers a handful of seats inside to eat the salt breads on site, though they can stand up well to takeout.
