hugo café
399 bank st.,
instagram.com/hugoonbankstreet
pistachio supreme croissants drizzled in homemade icing.
jean levac
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postmedia
open
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eekdays, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
price
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$8 for a pistachio supreme croissant
at hugo café in centretown, the supreme croissants were originally a limited-time offering.
last summer, hugo’s then-pastry chef ardianto sumitro simply wanted to show that he could duplicate the eye-popping, virally popular creations that the lafayette grand café and bakery in new york had launched a year earlier. the re-imagined croissants that delighted the internet were shaped more like hockey pucks than pastries, and under their ganache toppings and inside their flaky embrace they concealed a blob of luscious, flavoured pastry cream.
“we didn’t plan to make it permanent, but it’s just so popular,” says the café’s owner sowon kim, who like sumitro studied to become a pastry chef at le cordon bleu ottawa in sandy hill.
now at the café, which is one of three businesses under the same roof in centretown, the pistachio version of the supreme croissant, priced at $8, consistently outsells its chocolate hazelnut cousin. it’s certainly a solid choice to inaugurate this series of weekly posts dedicated to culinary indulgences meant to help you get from monday to friday with something to look forward to.