Sogeumbbang – or salt bread – is a simple bread, and the best way to describe it, maybe, is that it’s cute. The arrival in L.A. of a bakery specializing in it also represents the many ways in which Koreatown now resembles modern Seoul — global, contemporary and cool. Read more: buff.ly/DQFcqJh

A Koreatown Pastry Shop Sells Buttery Bread and the FutureA Koreatown Pastry Shop Sells Buttery Bread and the Futurelamaterial.com