Reviews Pearl Castle Cafe

圓香1992年在台灣台中夜市起家， 1996年越洋來到溫哥華的烈治文置地廣場開業。2004年起把「圓香茶坊」正式改名為「圓香生活餐飲」，除繼續提供茶飲外更設計多款精致輕食、套餐、火鍋、麵食…等。圓香從2010年起連續四年都榮獲溫哥華「首本名菜食客心水之選的最佳台式食肆大獎」。2011年同時獲得TOP 100 Chinese Restaurant 中餐百佳的肯定。2012年再次獲得Richmond News全城最佳複合式餐飲，而2015以最佳三杯雞成功獲得溫哥華首本名菜大獎。目前圓香在大溫地區已有三家店，分別位於置地廣場、列治文廣場及素里(已結業)，而我今天光顧的本拿比市第四分店是在2013年7月才開業。至於中國市場正發展中，目前在大陸已有多間分店。

圓香生活餐飲本拿比店位於麗晶廣場對面的Old Orchard Shopping Centre內，該購物中心提供大量免費露天停車位，距巴士總站及捷運MetroTown站亦只有10分鐘路程，所以交通十分方便。餐館的空間不大，只有十餘張餐桌和卡座，餐飲牌款式選擇多及價格也很大眾化，小炒及火鍋可作為小菜單叫，亦可配搭白飯和涼菜成為套餐。由於食肆晚上營業時間延至凌晨，自然成為年輕人及夜貓子談心休閒的熱門夜店。

台式鹽酥雞飯 $10.95 (附三款涼菜、白飯及甜品) ~ 鹽酥雞炸得外酥內軟，份量多味道也好

五更牛腩套餐 $13.90 (單點$10.95 +$2.95配搭白飯和三款涼菜成為套餐) ~ 台式五更腸旺吃得多，今天換換口味，除了加入豬紅和鹹菜外，跟港式牛腩煲差不多，味道濃郁非常下飯

Been here a few times, and have also ordered takeout several times before. I regularly order the Extreme Spicy Beef Noodle soup. I love the noodles in this soup! Broth is a good spiciness but wish it were even spicier. You also can't go wrong with the fried chicken nuggets.
Lastly, their Grapefruit Passion Fruit Green Tea is my favourite... light fruity flavour and not overly sweet.

I've been to different location of this Taiwanese cuisine chain store, 2 in Richmond and this one in Burnaby Metrotown area. For some reason I don't like ordering drinks from these places simply because for the same amount of money you can get an appetizer instead of a drink.

Anyway, this location in Burnaby right across Crystal mall is newly opened, and what they are serving is similar to the other 2 locations that I've been to. Foodwise they are pretty solid, with most dishes deep fried, or stir fried, or hot pot. They have variety of chicken dishes, pork dishes, limited seafood dishes, and about 4 pages of drinks.

The signature dish of every Taiwanese cuisine (which is what I define Taiwanese cuisine) is the salty chicken nuggets. Here they have a few variations: standalone chicken nuggets, chicken nuggets with rice combo, chicken nuggets fried rice, chicken nuggets with noodles. They are all made with the same chicken nuggets regardless, and the chicken are decent without being overly salty (like the one in sunway), or the one being too sweet (like in estea), or too greasy (in so many other places).  I also ordered the seafood udon, which has 2 pieces of each kind of seafood (2 prawns, 2 calarmari, 2 slice of fish cakes). I guess this dish is only meant for sharing between 2 ppl, how stingy it is.

Since most of the food is either deep fried or stir fried food, I picked their 3 cup chicken (as I seen a few other table ordered this dish too). The chicken in this dish is very boney (i.e. more bone than meat). The sauce is decent though, balance between savory and a little bit of sweetness, with the taste from basal and ginger. Still the best 3 cup chicken imo is the one at port ocean in coquitlam.

Verdict:
Food: 7/10 (food is freshly made,  but took awhile to come)
Service: 7/10 (The server looks tired, maybe they are busy all the time. They do refill your water here and there, despite they are so busy)
Price: 7/10 (Taiwanese food is never cheap, but if you know what to order, it won't be very pricey)
Overall: 21/30 (It's still pretty good Taiwanese cuisine in the area (Burnaby or Richmond)

Very yummy food. Came here with few friends after movie, their fried rice was delicious with a nice and big proportion. I ordered a original bubble tea, their tea has a very good aroma, ill definitely come again.

Better services than other bubble tea. I give a thumbs up for this place mainly because of its services: attentive, and quite friendly (especially the owner, the middle age lady I believe). Its food is quite average compared to other bubble tea around, with a slightly better presentation.