Norwegian Seafood Fest At the Intercontinental Buffet Spread. Hurry, 24-27th March Only

If this post sounds a bit rushed, yeah, it's because it IS rushed.  I realised to my horror that the promotion had already begun, and time and tide, especially when it's a tide of seafood, waits for no one.

And since time indeed is of the essence, and I cannot churn out words as quickly as our local universities churn out graduates, I shall have to resort to cutting and pasting from the press release, or at least, to a certain degree.  Words not from this mouth are in italics.

InterContinental Kuala Lumpur signature all-day dining restaurant, Serena Brasserie is thrilled to present yet another exciting dining promotion to epicureans in the city. In collaboration with GST Group, the four-day promotion from 24 to 27 March 2015 will see first-class Norwegian seafood flown in and featured in Serena Brasserie’s selected international buffet spread.

An array of sushi, fresh seafood, octopi that looked like it might have been able to predict football scores the morning earlier, crabs that must have been serenading the Little Mermaid the day before, and an cornucopia of shellfish who believed that life is indeed better UNDER THE SEA....

Slipper lobsters, yabbies, blue flower crabs, mud crabs, even legs of Alaskan crabs....adorn the pyre of ice ...unfortunately, we had arrived somewhat late and the banquet had begun, rendering the spread rather sparse while photographing...

The seafood promotion will offer a taste of premium freshness and quality by Norwegian guest chef, Markus Peter Dybwad. The humble and young chef has a wealth of experience from Scandinavia as well as Europe including three Michelin star restaurant, The Fat Duck alongside celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal.

Permeating local flavours into the delicacy, InterContinental Kuala Lumpur executive chef Sam Kung has come up with a range of variety for guests to have a taste of exotic local spices. The in the know specials will showcase fragrant salmon satay, salmon tandoori and green curry with Atlantic cod.

Dainty receptacles of various assortments of canape like seafood, salmon with egg roe...

Scallops on a bed of puree, which was lovely...

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Norwegian Chef in action....

The end product of his cooking demo, seared salmon with leek ash, and a healthy dollop of salmon roe....

Speaking of roe (roe roe your boat), these little shrimp were deliciously sweet and succulent, and obviously pregnant.  Caviar within a prawn, so to speak...

I'm a prawn,...no a lobster, ...no a scorpion, heck, I dunno what I am...

Ah, I loved this customized mamak mee goreng, fried on the spot, with extra egg... YUMMEH...

Nasi lemak in case you are averse to seafood, in which case, no need to rush, because these I believe are usual fixtures in the buffet line... apparently the sambal was sublimely fragrant, but I wouldn't know, cos who eats nasi lemak at a buffet....

Outside of the aircon area is the Seafood BBQ, which also boasts a large variety of of seafood, from butterfish, to shrimp to scallop kebabs...

My plate of barbequed goodness....

For dessert, lovely Kapiti New Zealand ice cream, and I stumbled across this ethereal combination of BLUE CHEESE and BLUEBERRY ice cream,


This seafood culinary adventure allow guests to take pleasure in the dazzling array of seafood from the coastal waters of Norway that are renowned for its quality, natural taste and delicate flavours. Guests will be able to see Norwegian Chef Markus live at the action station preparing a delectable assortment of codfish, salmon, halibut and blue mussels. Other mouth-watering creations to savour include traditional Scandinavian specialities such as cold dishes of skagen salad (creamed seafood salad); smoked salmon with scrambled eggs; selection of herrings; smoked mackerel; smoked salmon; cured salmon trout ‘Gravalaks’ style; and hot signatures such as baked salmon fillet; halibut in cream sauce; Atlantic cod with soy butter and red fish with ratatouille.


The Norwegian Seafood promotion at Serena Brasserie is priced at RM120++ per adult, or toast to the coast at RM180++ per adult inclusive of a bottle of red or white wine and RM60++ per child.

For reservations, please call Serena Brasserie at 03 - 2782 6228 or e-mail foodandbeverage@intercontinental-kl.com.my. Visit www.intercontinental-kl.com.my for more information. Follow us on www.fb.com/intercontinental.kualalumpur and Instagram @intercontinental.kualalumpur.