Try caldereta croissants from this Manila bakeshop

If you’re looking for unconventional takes on familiar flavors, check out Butterboy, a Manila-based bakeshop that specializes in freshly-baked croissants with flavors like caldereta, pizza, strawberry cheesecake, and others.

Butterboy, which is located in Sampaloc, Manila, offers a caldereta croissant. The treat is stuffed with beef meatballs in a cheesy tomato sauce and topped with a pickled pepper and sesame seeds. The pastry is light and flaky, which contrasts against the richness of the cheesy, beefy Pinoy filling.

If you’re a fan of fruity flavors, another must-try from Butterboy is their strawberry cheesecake croissant, generously filled with a cheesecake pastry cream that’s slightly tangy and the right amount of sweet. It’s topped with slices of fresh strawberries.

Love matcha? Get their white chocolate matcha croissant, which is filled with an earthy, smooth, matcha mousseline, and then half-glazed with matcha chocolate. The outside layer is flaky, while the inside is soft and airy.

For party sizes, Butterboy also offers a 12-inch square spinach and garlic cheese croissant pizza, which can serve four to five people. Topped with spinach, the croissant pizza has a crunchy, golden crust, has a fondue cheese sauce, and garlic.

Other croissant variants include salmon danish croissant, made with smoked salmon on a bed of cheese quiche, pickled olives, tomato, and onion, or their soft, buttery pain au chocolate. If you want to go with the classics, there’s the ham and cheese and plain butter croissant.

Butterboy’s croissants can come in a box of five or six, with assorted flavors. The price varies, depending on the croissant flavors you choose. A box of six classic butter croissants costs P315, while the croissant pizza costs P480.

Their croissants are best consumed on the day of delivery, but it can be reheated in the toaster for up to three minutes on medium heat. Butterboy notes to never reheat croissants in the microwave as they will only turn dry and tough. 

Butterboy is located in Sampaloc, Manila. For orders, you can message them via Instagram or Facebook. You can also place your pre-orders through their website. They are open from Tuesdays to Saturdays and they deliver from 2 pm onwards. – Rappler.com

Paolo Alejandrino is a Rappler intern.