I dined at Pearl on Saturday evening with 3 friends and I can honestly say it was my best dining experience to date. The restaurant is elegant with stunningly lit pearls cascading from the ceiling and a pianist providing subtle background music. Yet despite its opulence, the restaurant is surprisingly friendly and relaxed.

The service is very warming with attentive, knowledgeable staff, who are partial to a bit of banter. Nothing seems too much trouble for the Waiters and they clearly have a passion for upholding the restaurant’s excellent reputation.

The food is nothing short of stunning and cleverly fuses French classics with a modern twist, incorporating experimental flavours with beautiful artistic expression. As each dish arrives, you can’t help wanting to resist the urge to destroy the work of art which has been constructed with such love and attention, however this is soon replaced with a desire to spoil your curious taste buds.

Some of the flavours seem a little too bold to be fused but somehow they work, dancing across your palate in the most sensational manner. Although substantial in size, the dishes leave you wanting more and more.

It is clear that Jun Tanaka’s food is very cleverly thought out, tried, tested and respectfully constructed to achieve nothing short of perfection.