Submitted by Gastrofork
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Starting this fall, local staple Pink Pearl Chinese Restaurant has abolished shark fin and embraced Ocean Wise, sustainable seafood options in their Cantonese cuisine.

The Ocean Wise Seafood Program works with each business partner to help people make sustainable seafood purchasing decisions. The concept was launched in January 2005 by the Vancouver Aquarium at C Restaurant (its founding restaurant partner). Starting off with 16 restaurants in its inaugural year, it has grown to over 700 partners.

On the table at Pink Pearl that evening: Steamed Black Cod in preserved vegetables, Basa fillet with garlic and roasted pork hot pot, Pan fried clams in black bean sauce, oysters with ginger and green onion sizzling hot plate, dungeness crab with spicy dry garlic and beef and lettuce fried rice.

All the dishes were delectable, we particularly enjoyed the black cod, clams, and dungeness crab.

For more information on the Ocean Wise program, check out their website here: seafood.ocean.org/about-ocean-wise/

Pink Pearl Chinese Restaurant

1132 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC

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