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| - Patisserie Kirin sounds like an anime. Like the main character's super power is shooting whipped cream at people. Having said that, the name is appropriately Asian because well, they serve Asian-flavoured French style pastries.
These guys are brand new, sorta. They used to be Tendou, the popular soft serve place in the same plaza. But now they're going with the classic minimalist cafe look in a larger space. There are several tables which look great for the Starbucks laptop folks. But I'm guessing the main reason for re-branding is the branching out into pastry territory.
Along with some Western style cafe favourites like tiramisus, they bring in flavours like matcha and black sesame. I'm very excited to try the Yuzu Citron frap, though the syrup wasn't available yet on the day I went. I got a custard flauta in matcha and the pastry was flaky, not too sweet, and had strong hints of matcha reminiscent of their soft serve. For a limited time, any drink purchase also gets you a mini pastry so I got a tasty little palmier with my genmaicha tea.
Their pastries are cute, though their selection doesn't seem very large. I see the potential for more flavours later on. I also think they can make the presentation a bit tighter. For example, some of the cream on top of the mont blancs seem to be a little lopsided. Definitely not a deal breaker, as I'm sure everything is still delicious but it'll better match the clean, pristine feel of the rest of the place.
It's still early in their opening, so I haven't seen many people inside yet. Once they get that social media hype going, like with Tendou, I'm sure there'll be more. The more pastry shops in Markham, the better. Go, go, Kirin! I'm rooting for you!
(18/100) - 2018
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