7 Spots To Get The Viral Circular Croissants In Singapore
The latest star of the pastry scene is the round or circular croissant
By Michelle Lee SM -
The latest pastry craze to sweep social media: the circular croissant. First made famous by Lafayette Grand Cafe & Bakery (where they're dubbed Supremes), a french bakery in New York, earlier this April, the Instagram- and TikTok-viral trend has reached our shores, with several cafes and bakeries now offering the unique pastry.
So what exactly is it?
Using croissant dough, it is moulded into a round disc shape — almost like a kouign amann, except that it isn't glazed and baked with sugar between the pastry layers like the classic viennoiserie is. The circular croissants also come with a variety of fillings and toppings, from creme fillings and ganache to cheese and ham. Scroll below for a list of places to bag them.
Local bakery-cafe La Levain's circular croissants have been coined the La LeBombz. The sweet-toothed can go for pastries with sugary fixings like Nutella ($6.50), as well as Passionfruit and Mango, and Raspberry (both $6.20). For a local spin on the pastry, try the Bobochacha ($6.80) laden with coconut cream, steamed sweet potatoes and yams baked with fragrant vanilla pods, and a dusting of natural sweet potato powder.
Want a hearty breakfast filler? Get your hands on the Truffle Cream Cheese ($8.20), Mushroom and Camembert Cheese ($7.20), and Parma Ham and Emmental Cheese ($9.50).
Only 30 of each flavour are baked each day, so swipe yours early.
La Levain is at 23 Hamilton Rd, Singapore 209193. Opens Tue to Sun, 8am to 6pm. Visit its website to order.
Yeast Side, which just opened a new cafe at Farrer Park, has debuted its line-up of Swirls. Its croissant dough is fermented for up to 48 hours and made with a blend of premium French & Japanese flours and French lactic butter.
Offerings (from $8.60) run the gamut from Almond, and Vanilla & Pistachio to Blackforest, which brims laden with Chantilly cream, wine-soaked cherries, kirsch, and a drizzling of dark chocolate ganache. There are also Japanese-inspired flavours like the Lemon Yuzu Meringue, and Kuro Goma, stuffed with black sesame tofu custard, and topped with a crunchy crumble and sesame mochi.
The Swirls are only available at its Farrer Park outlet and online.
Yeast Side (Farrer Park) is at #01-06 Lyf @ Farrer, 2 Perumal Road, Singapore 218773.