This was so promising - but with critical mistakes made, I cannot rate this any higher. Let me tell you all about it.
My friend and I were just craving dessert and wanted a place to catch up - and I found this on Yelp so we decided to give it a try. We arrived around 8:30 pm on a Saturday and it was fairly busy but I was still able to grab a seat with my friend. We looked at the menu, which ranged from simple soft serves (matcha and black sesame) to delicate sundaes.
I decided to get a twist cone with both flavours ($5.50). The cone was immediately given to me, and it looked beautiful (see photo). I had my first bite and it was completely heavenly. The flavour of the black sesame was very earthy and true. On the other hand, the matcha complimented it well with its cut of mild bitterness. This was gearing up to be a 4/5 at least - if not 5/5 experience.
And then I ate a little bit more and faced the critical mistake. There was a hole in the middle of my soft serve. That is just not right given that I paid $6+ after tax for the cone. In addition, after a few minutes, the bottom of the waffle cone was dripping ice cream at a rapid rate. This made for quite the messy experience.
Overall, Tendou was super promising - they had their flavours down! But with poor attention to detail with regards to making the ice cream cone and a poor waffle cone design, I'd be hard pressed to give it any more than a 3/5. So unfortunate.