>from the outside looks, I don't think I'd let my worst enemy eat there.

Looks can be deceiving. The food and experience is excellent. On a weekend morning there are hundreds of people from all over the city 'brunching' in the Pink Pearl.

Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada

I wouldn't go as far as gglave as saying Pink Pearl is excellent but it's ok in a pinch. The neighbourhood looks really dodgy but I never had my car broken in while eating there or felt unsafe (even at night). It's really popular and very non-Chinese friendly (English menus, English speaking staff, etc). There's also lots of seating.

Personally, it's not on the top of my list because:
- As I mentioned earlier, for a few dollars more I think you can get way better food.
- I'd rather order off a card than pluck off a cart because I think the food is fresher and you don't have to worry about the table before you scooping the last two steamers of haw gaw. [Can anyone confirm if they still using carts?]
- A few years back during a wedding, I thought some of the staff were acting pretty unprofessionally (long story). Hadn't experienced anything bad from a server perspective since then but did seem to wait forever for something good to arrive on a cart (tho, yes, you can ask to order directly from the kitchen).

UNITED959: I'm glad you had a good time at Kirin.

>I'd rather order off a card than pluck
>off a cart because I think the food is fresher
>and you don't have to worry about the table before you scooping the last >two steamers of haw gaw. [Can anyone confirm if they still using carts?]

Yes, they are. I consider the carts 'essential' to the dim-sum experience. Plus, I get to look at what I'm buying first

Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver

Good choice. ^
At least you didn't cave in to those $2/plate dim sum places.

If that's the case, I was VERY impressed with Richmond Sushi. Easily the top ALYE place I've been to ^