OUT OF ORDI — Restaurant in Los Angeles

My friend and I came on a Saturday morning at 11:15ish, and there was already a line wrapping around the building… It took us about an hour to get in. This is probably the first spot I’ve seen that also provides umbrellas for those in line so they have something to provide shade.

And unfortunately, this place is very much worth the line and hype. Has it been months since this place opened? Yes. Are their drinks and bread very much LA price? Yes. But is it all worth it? Yes!

Out of ordi has 3 small tables on the left side of the store, but most people just grab and go. Go early, since I heard they run out of bread by early afternoon. It’s a cute store that also has its own merch section, which has these cutest heart shaped tote bags. The left wall also has some cute mirrors if you wanted to snap some pics! It’s in the same plaza as damo, so it’s lowkey also a fashion contest here too.

Kudos to the workers too. Going through this kind of rush everyday must be crazy, but they were all super nice, and offered to position the boxes too so you can take some nice pics of the bread before taking it to go.

We got two drinks, the black sesame einspanner and lychee blush, and both were solid drinks! The black sesame einspanner was creamy and not too sweet, while the lychee blush was crisp and refreshing.

For salt bread, we got three! The yuzu-hae (my favorite), the strawberry halo, and the super matcha. The bread so nice and crunchy/flaky on the outside, while the inside was fluffy! I can see why there’s such a salt bread craze going on right now.

Definitely try this place out! If you aren’t willing to wait in line, maybe give this place a year...

They opened their door at 1130 and I was there almost noon and the line went loooongggg.

They limited max 4 pieces per person, but most people came in at least a group of two so it wasn’t that helpful lol.

Per my experience from the time I placed my order till getting it ready was pretty much a blink. The lengthy part was waiting for your turn given the line, for which mine took 70 minutes (deep frown), BUT YEAH I FINALLY MADE IT!

The attendants were all super sweet. They greeted every single guest by apologizing for the wait and I felt like they tried their best to serve speedily.

They had few seats available on the spot if you just couldn’t wait to take a bite. I would say it’s quite a nicely crafted spot to hang if only it wasn’t that packed.

I got their Injeolmi and Pistachio Salt bread, running out of the matcha one. The prior was nice, but more like just sweet cream and subtle on the soybean powder taste. The later was surely my highlight of the day, overflowing with exquisite pistachio cream and not only rich in flavor but also texture with super moist bread and complementing crunchy pistachio bits. It’s awesome that the cream was bomb in taste yet felt light and not overpowering. That salty hint from the base bread certainly perfected each bite. I did feel that it would be even way better though if served warm as I could imagine it to be more fluffy.

Overall I really enjoyed it, but I had to admit that price was kinda steep, and I might only come back if the wait time was no more...

Pros: the original salt bread was pretty delicious, definitely very buttery, the sweet ones weren’t my jam but I can see that someone would like them. Definitely very soft, fluffy, carefully made rolls. Would give it 4 stars. The staff was very nice and welcoming. Cons: the wait, of course, was quite long. So initially, I thought it was because of the popularity of the bread, that it was flying off the shelves and they needed to keep baking more and more and bring it to the front. However, while I was waiting (I had time, it was over 30 minutes), I observed an interesting phenomenon- all the shelves and pans in the front were stocked fully with salt bread for pretty much the whole time I waited. So for the whole line, the staff really just had to check customers in, take payment and then load salt bread that was already in the front into a box and give it to a customer. I counted at least 3 different staff members in the front. The flow seemed quite disorganized, and while I’m sure the wait lines are also undoubtedly due to popularity of the bread, I think the wait time could be much shortened if the flow was more organized. And also, if you have 30 plus minute wait times, you probably shouldn’t be letting every other customer take your time by taking a picture of the bread before you close the...