There’s a new croissant trend again: the onigiri croissant
You can’t have missed it. The good old croissant keeps reinventing itself. We recently wrote about the cube croissants, and now there’s a new craze: the onigiri croissant. What can you expect, and where can you buy such a trendy croissant?
The brand-new hybrid is essentially a savory Japanese onigiri combined with a croissant. So you get an ‘onioissant’. Or: ‘cronigiri’. The first doesn’t roll off the tongue very well for everyone, while the second sounds like a cocktail. That’s why the new croissant trend goes by the name onigiri croissant.
Onigiri explained
Onigiri — in Dutch: rice ball — is the Japanese equivalent of our sandwich. Because of the rice and the use of nori (seaweed sheets), onigiri is often confused with sushi. But while sushi aims to preserve raw fish by cooking the rice with vinegar, salt and nowadays often sugar as well, with onigiri it is the rice itself that is preserved for eating on the go. The rice ball can also simply be a triangle, and that is only a small step toward a triangular croissant.
Instagrammable croissant
The onigiri croissant is the latest in a long line of Instagrammable croissants. Aside from the shape, people around the world are experimenting extensively with the filling. Take La Levain Bakery in Singapore (an amazing foodie destination!), where the onigiri croissant first appeared. Here, they are filled with, among other things, Sicilian pistachio paste (always a good idea!), spring onion and sour cream, and crispy chili oil, wrapped in a thin slice of nori. I want one right now!
Where can you buy it?
Outside Singapore, the latest croissant hype is now also available in countries including Canada and the United States. So far, we have not spotted the onigiri croissant in the Netherlands. Our hopes are pinned on Fort Negen, which previously surprised us with the most divine croissants.
Read also:
- Snackspert is rhapsodic about Fort Negen’s croissants in Amsterdam
- Sfogliatella: the Italian answer to the croissant
- Say what?! Most bakers sell supermarket croissants
Source: Food & Wine, image: La Levain
