SILVER PEARL

For the amount we spend feeding people at weddings, it’s hard to understand why function food is generally so bland and disappointing. Surely, in multicultural Sydney, we can do better than alternate plates of tepid chicken and beef? The re-imagined Silver Pearl in Cabramatta set a new wedding benchmark for me last week, when, along with four hundred guests including Fairfield City Council Mayor, Frank Carbone, I got treated to a peek at what this renovated function space can do.With a daggy glass door entrance on Cabramatta’s main drag, Silver Pearl has been part of the local landscape for twenty-five years. The recent spruce-up makes for a wonderful reveal when, after climbing the stairs, you enter into an opulent crystal chandelier-heavy predominately white space, painted using lights with washes of colour. Styled by Anna Wang, the room gave us a taste of just what is possible for your special night!Under autumnal trees adorned with fairy lights and candles, Creamed Cakery and Sweet Obsessions’ moist cupcakes and dessert canapes were expertly arranged by Juls & Co Events into a whimsical dessert bar, with trays of cupcakes dangling from the branches.From the Silver Pearl kitchen that specialises in Asian seafood banquets, friendly floor staff with small squares of expertly-handled suckling pig. Tiny cups of fish maw and crab soup were a viscous, creamy delight after coming in from the cold, wintery night.A raw seafood bar held trays of freshly shucked Pambula oysters alternately adorned with wasabi dressing, bright blue scampi caviar and juicy arms of beach bananas. My favourite spoonful took scorched green lip abalone and delicate coral trout sashimi and teamed it with a ginger and shallot relish, white soy and bursting pearls of salmon roe. I went back three times to check it really was my favourite canape, too.Vegetarian guests were not forgotten with little bamboo boats of silken tofu adored with house-made vegetarian XO sauce, soy bean floss and crisp wonton skin. In between popping pliable Peking duck pancakes with pickled yuzu cucumber and crisp chicken skin into my mouth from clever cones (so they didn't drip) I kept returning to the raw seafood bar. Silver Pearl's local suppliers saw me enjoy kingfish and salmon sashimi with ponzu dressing, and even better briny spoonfuls of freshly shucked sea urchin roe.In a hyper-modern, multicultural mash-up, the entertainment came courtesy of the Qing Fong Lion Dance Team, Cdarz Entertainment and the Dani B Band. Arabic drumming met with Chinese lion dancers on the glistening white dancefloor surrounded by a ring of smokeless fountains. Big smiles abounded on guests and performers alike. Once the dance floor cleared, the super-competent Vietnamese wedding band, the Dani B Band, even got a jaded crowd of suppliers and hospitality professionals dancing like they were at the best Chinese-Arabic-Viet wedding ever. A new wedding benchmark has definitely been set by Silver Pearl.

We had Silver Pearl cater for our wedding last weekend and could not have been happier. From the very first phone call with Hanh and everything leading up to the wedding, we knew we could trust Hanh and the team to deliver for us on the day. To have such a warm and personable person to liaise with was so refreshing and nothing was ever too difficult for her to do. She even bought last minute lunches for our bridal party from Cabra with very little notice on the day!!Onto the food – we ended up having a blackout for the entirety of our outdoor reception but the team stepped up and were cooking with the flashlights on their phones and still managed to plate up every single course we ordered. Not only did they manage to serve everything up, we received sooo many compliments from the guests saying how amazing the food was and had guests saying it was the best wedding food they have had lol! Hanh and the team are amazing, super friendly and trustworthy. If you are thinking about using them for your wedding, you won’t regret it!

Hanh and her team were an absolute pleasure to deal with every step of the way in catering for our wedding of 200 guests at an offsite venue, and delivered an incredible seafood banquet feast for us. They catered to all dietary requirements, printed out stylish menus for each guest and provided all tableware that our venue did not have. The food was so fresh and tasty. There is no substitute for Silver Pearl's quality of food and service!! Highly recommend. Hanh is a real gem to have in your corner.

The best seafood restaurant in cabramatta.Definitely must try.

Good place for a wedding although it seemed like staff was keen to wrap up at the end of the night. Other than that food was really good as the venue was decent enough

We chose Silver Pearl to cater our wedding externally at Eden Venues (Edensor Park) and it was the best choice we’ve made! Our 10 course seafood banquet was delicious and all of our guest immensely enjoyed the food. Hanh was our food coordinator and she is on the ball with everything and goes above and beyond for us. At any point something goes wrong (as they do in weddings) she’s always the first to offer an amazing solution. We are very happy with the food quality, taste and service Hanh and the team offered. Would recommend 100%!Sarah & Jeff 03.12.2022

Been coming here over the years for birthday celebrations and recently revisited. The banquet menu is your typical hard hitting dishes but they do it real fresh here. The atmosphere is super chill/casual. Great to relax, have some drinks with mates over some classic Chinese dishes.

Went here for Valentine’s Day, amazing food and service. Although today they were under staffed and the food came out slow. It was worth the wait.

Attended a wedding reception at Silver Pearl. Really large servings! Abalone were massive, lobsters were meaty.Food was tasty, though the 4stars is for the let down in service...staff were inconsistent with serving guests and don't seem to keen in doing their job....

Andy and I had the pleasure of booking Silver Pearl to cater for our wedding. We just wanted to reach out and show our appreciation to Hanh. She went above and beyond to ensure our wedding day went smoothly. Not only did she cater for our wedding, but she also helped us with our run sheet, helped us set up our entrance table and made sure everything was the way we wanted it.Silver Pearl has become our favourite go to restaurant when we're craving seafood, the food is amazing. We highly recommend Silver Pearl, not only for your wedding or events, but also for your dinner. Thank you Hanh and her team for making our wedding memorable, we appreciate you guys so much.