a roll made of puff-pastry. Try a croissant at Rahier Patisserie, Max's Market or Daniel et Daniel.
A rich crescent shaped roll
French breakfast bread pastry, delicate, flaky and rich. The dough s yeast-raised, then rolled out, spread with soft butter, folded into thirds, rolled out again and buttered, then rolled out yet again, to make a layered puff pastry.
A croissant ( , anglicised variously as IPA: , , etc.) is a butter-laden flaky French pastry, named for its distinctive crescent shape. Croissants are made of a leavened variant of puff pastry by layering yeast dough with butter and rolling and folding a few times in succession, then rolling.