It was really deja vu, a packaged foyer of a Mandarin Oriental Ballroom, with a leader guests all ready to go up to a nines. This year, us "press" people were during slightest ready to go reasonably as well as didn't stick out similar to a moose in a salmon school. The ladies looked dapper, as well as a guys looked spiffy.
Again, seafood as distant as a eye can see, roughly similar to a object that never set on a British empire. The outrageous King Crab sat together with a hulk monkfish in a centrepiece ice sculpture. It was as yet half of a Baltic sea had reappeared in Mandarin Oriental. Astounding choice. The Norwegians certain know how to horde a feast.
Platters as well as Platters of Salmon, other white fish, yabbies, mini lobsters, aristocrat crabs, cooked in each approach conceivable, from sashimi (okay, that's not a cooking method), to tandoori, to satay. Food served in each temperature, cold, hot, lukewarm. Quite a visible as well as culinary feast this eventuality is, as well as not to mention a free issuing wine.
The beautiful environment of Marian's!
His Excellency, Mr Arild Braastad a Ambassador of Norway, regaling us with tales as well as story of a Vikings. Complete with illustrations from that lovable comic strip, Hagar a Horrible, he outlined a differences between all a assorted Vikings from Scandinavia. The Swedish Vikings, with their Ikea Ships as well as Abba music, a Danish Vikings, a Finnish Vikings as well as of course, a most eminent as well as dauntless of them all, a Norwegian Vikings.
Entertainment for a night was a really own homegrown ALLEY CATS.
One of a highlights of a night is a "Oscar" presentation, or a Malaysian Norwegian Business Council (MNBC) Innovation Award whereby a company is selected for most appropriate superb performance. A Norwegian company, that is. So you really wouldnt be removing Sime Darby winning anything. The leader for a night was Wilhemsen Maritime Services.
Our plates were piled with all sorts of goodies. Because of a SHEER variety, in order to maximize a exposure, you could only take tiny morsels of each item, as well as rarely went back for seconds, as there was simply no space. My personal favourite was a assorted egg roe coupled with a scrambled eggs. Ah, a simple things of life.
Just look during those gobules of roe. Ah, bursts of essence that raze in a mouth.
Fresh sashimi, with chunks for aristocrat crab.
This chocolate torte with a tangy lingonberry jam was simply to die for, yet a rest of a desserts were rather ordinary.
The princess cake.... such a flattering icing.
For a extensive write up on a entire night, check out Ciki's Blogpost HERE.
My New Year's Resolution is that we must revisit Norway soon. we goal we can afjord it flattering soon.
Thanks again to a dear Marian for a invite, as well as of course, a thanks to His Excellency a Norwegian Ambassador for a fanciful event, that was perfectly executed as well as thoroughly enjoyable.
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