Review: At Konbi in Echo Park, Japanese sandwiches with a cult following

Technically precise cooking, made to look easy, is a hallmark of Konbi, a sleek 10-seat café that serves as a temple to a most unpretentious dish: the Japanese carry-out sandwich, or sando.
Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • January 24, 2019
The eggplant katsu sandwich at Konbi in Echo Park has the demure looks of a high society English tea sandwich: crustless slices of springy white bread, tidily filled with fried eggplant and finely shredded cabbage. One bite, however, and the...
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