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No. 11 in America · November 2026
Golden Diner
No. 11The one to order
The Chinatown egg and cheese
Sam Yoo's diner under the Manhattan Bridge puts egg, cheese and a crisp hash brown in a sesame-scallion milk bun.
Where we found it: The Infatuation, best breakfast sandwiches in NYC (Aug 2026)
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The milk bread egg sandwich
20 min · 2. Soft Japanese-style milk bread, a thick folded omelet and a crisp hash brown: the sandwich behind half the new breakfast counters in America.
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