After a long winter, I've been looking forward to treats like soft serve. And when I heard to Patisserie Kirin just opened for their soft opening, it seemed like a great time to go check out this brand new cafe. By the owners of Tendou, this cafe serves black sesame and matcha flavours of soft serve that were popular at Tendou. They also serve delicious looking pastries.
The space is larger and more open in concept. Lots of seating for groups. They also have 2 wheelchair accessible washrooms within the cafe itself.
My cousins ordered the cream puffs which were soft in the middle, light, and filled with whipped cream. I enjoyed the texture of the pastry itself.
Hubby and I shared a mini cone with the black sesame and matcha soft serve swirl. Don't hate me but I found the soft serve texture to be different (icier perhaps? Less milky?) than when I last had it. I had really enjoyed the strong matcha and black sesame flavours from the previous Tendou location but somehow this time it felt watered down. Granted it is only the second day of their soft opening so I hope they tweak the texture and flavour of their soft serve.
Despite a slightly disappointing swirl mini cone, I would definitely return to try more of the cafe's offerings, soft serve, and Japanese tea beverage options. 3.25 stars