DISH OF THE WEEK: Earl Gray & Orange Croissant at SUPERMOON BAKEHOUSE

Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City

As a tour guide, I’m a bit of a pushover. I love my job so much and am happy to share my love of New York food with everyone I meet. But sometime

While the tours I lead have a designated route and certain stops that we are required to make, if someone shows interest in something not featured on the tour, I often go rogue and take them there too.

Recently, a small group was having such a great time and we got into some major discussions about food. One guy on the group said he heard the best croissant in New York was at Financier. I regretfully told him there was no way that was true. Financier is a local chain with decent pastries, but not the best croissant in the city.

I wasn’t sure where the best croissant was (my bet would be Bien Cuit), but it made me think of a new nearby bakery that makes wacky croissants. And I hadn’t been there yet. So this was a perfect excuse to stop by.

Once I mentioned it to the group, everyone seemed excited to try it so we made a very off-the-route stop at Supermoon Bakehouse.

This is one of those millennial pink bakeries that’s all over Instagram with lines out the door and sold out product daily. That’s part of why I hadn’t come here yet but the croissants sounded intriguing and on a Tuesday morning, there was no line.

Everybody in the group (including myself) bought one croissant and we were fast friends so we decided to share. The NYC Croissant which had a savory stuffing of lox, cream cheese, and an everything spice exterior was a huge hit. The tour I was leading was about iconic New York foods and the immigrants that brought them here. So this Jewish-inspired number fit right into the story.

My favorite of the group wasn’t so authentic to this neighborhood, but maybe that’s why I liked it. This sweet croissant was filled with a decadent earl gray orange chunk cream and garnished with a dehydrated orange and dark chocolate shards.

It was surprisingly light in flavor with those smoky bergamot tea notes playing beautifully with the citrus. The croissant itself was expertly baked crumbling into buttery shards of heaven.

The flavors rotate and it doesn’t seem like this one is currently available anymore, but the savory options, the Matcha Lemon, and the Winter Ferrero will surely make up for it.

After we left and started heading back to the regular tour route, the guy from my tour told me that was the best croissant he’s ever had in his life. That’s why I do what I do. Price: $5.50