Just saw that Pearl of the Orient is chosen as the official Chinese restaurant for the ""Christmas Story House"", and haven't been there since the remodeling, and decided to go with our book club for an outing. What a great change from before. From the entrance with the beautifully granite waterfall to the long and modern design bar follow into the dining room is breath taking. The six of us were seated immediately, our cocktail and wines were serve right away from the friendly server. We shared a sushi/sashimi platter and a maki sampler plate, both were served fresh and tasty. The server also told us the sushi chef worked at the Ritz Carlton, Century Restaurant before here. We chose the tasting dinner for 4, since the server told us it's a lot of food. It came with your choice of wonton or hot and sour soup, Shanghai spring roll and chicken fingers(we did order extra soups and rolls since only 4 each came with the package). Then the entree came with Eight Jewel Chicken; Orange Beef; Rainbow Prawns; and Young Chow Fried Rice. The Prawns they serve are jumble size and cooked just right, delicious. We finished with a round of after dinner drinks with Ports, Kahlua and Gran Marnier. After this tasty dinner, we decided to have our monthly book club gathering here, plus each of our birthday party will also be held here. They even gave us an $8.00 gift card for each bottle of wine we had. The package is $48.00. What a great deal!
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