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Earlier this year John Lee, owner of Cafe W in New York, asked his staff to create a new croissant based on the onigiri (a Japanese rice ball, which is triangular rather than spherical), with three curved points and the flaky texture of French pastry. By May the new pastry – now called both oniossant and cronigiri – was ready, and Cafe W sells around 1,600 of them a week at a price of USD 6.50.