Silver Pearl Events | Management & Catering — Restaurant in Sydney

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...

Wow, where do I even start? Firstly would like to thank Hanh for her exceptional service throughout the whole process. We got married on 08/01 and hosted our reception at Silverpearl. Hanh is an amazing event manager and I really can't express how grateful I am for not having to worry about anything on the day as she made sure to communicate directly with the vendors and have everything set up and run according to plan.

The venue is spacious and can cater to up to 500 guests. Due to Covid almost all of my guests were unable to attend which left me feeling defeated as I felt like my wedding was going to look empty. Hanh was able to reassure a very anxious and stressed bride - she improvised solutions to bring my reception to life i.e only seating tables of 8 instead of 10 to have more tables out to make the floor look fuller.

When we lost tables the week prior to our wedding they were so kind enough to give us store credit so we didn't overspend/waste our money. I heard from other brides they had to pay for all the empty seats at their wedding with no credit being offered and advised how lucky we were and how accommodating Silverpearl is despite difficult Covid times.

The food was amazing, Silverpearl never disappoints with seafood quality and serving size. We all left with a very happy belly and bonus take-aways for the excess food that we couldn't finish. hey made sure no food goes to waste and wanted to make sure we took everything with us. All my guests had an amazing time and were very pleased with the service and food Silverpearl provided. I really wanted a beautiful but fun and relaxed environment with delicious food and that is exactly what Silverpearl delivered.

Thank you Hanh, waitstaff, kitchen staff,...

We used Silver Pearl's catering services for our wedding this year - with the covid lockdowns and restrictions, this was two years in the making. We had approx 320-330 people that Silver Pearl needed to cater for.

We love eating at Silver Pearl so knew that we wanted their food at our wedding. Not only did they deliver on the night with their food and services, but we gained such an amazing friend out of Hanh, their events supervisor.

First - the food. Fresh, quick and in abundance. Their staff ensured that all our guests and their dietary requirements were met and ensure that the food came out on time and fed our hungry guests. They even made sure our families went home WITH food on the night!

Secondly - Hanh. Not only did she help us ensuring that her staff and food were AMAZING, she even assisted us with the wedding planning and with the last minute guests and changes, she was flexible, accomodating and made sure everything ran smoothly so we didn't have to think about it on the night.

The prices are fair and Hanh was honest about everything from the beginning. She really, really cares about her clients and honestly made us feel like we were her only clients because that's how attentive she is. We knew she was running around and super busy with all her clients but she always made us feel really special. Hanh always replied quickly and communication was perfect - even calling us to make sure we were ready and had everything planned overall. She always comes in with a smile, and her staff as well, and really assisted us with all the planning and nuances that happens with a big Asian wedding.

Thank you Silver Pearl and Hanh, for your patience and seamless services. We really couldn't have pulled it off...