I'm back! And also, a visit to Café Serena Brasserie...

Yeah so we scored a 50% discount voucher for buffet dinner at the said cafe from a fellow running 'kaki' quite a while back. Seeing that the cafe would be undergoing renovation soon (15th Dec) we decided to use the voucher ASAP.

To our surprise (and delight) the voucher was valid for the entire bill (not for one person as we initially thought) so the total cost came to around RM52 nett instead of the usual price of RM103.50.

Once again I'll let the pictures tell the story...

The oysters were fresh but only average size wise. However I have to say that the lemon wedges here are sized just right. Most restaurants slice them so thinly that it's almost impossible to squeeze any juice out of them. LOL!

Fresh prawns. Also average size wise and some how not as crunchy as the ones we had at Cinnamon (One World Hotel). The dip (located in the upper part of the pic) certainly helped liven up the taste though. No idea what ingredients were blended together for the dip but I did detect a hint of Thousand Island...hmmm...

Assorted cold cuts, smoked salmon and sea bass and some cold salad. Unfortunately everything here was pretty much tasteless. The smoked fish was the exception though as it was very salty. I'll pass.

Here we have some Asian and Western (European?) delights. Venison (Chinese style), pan pizza (which was actually rectangular), slipper lobster Mornay, veal sausage and mackerel in teriyaki sauce. Venison was tender but bland and the pizza tasted like something you would get at Pizza Hut. However I found the slipper lobster, veal sausage and mackerel to be very flavourful. Not much flesh in the slipper lobster though.

Wei Siong's keen eyes spotted two very pricey items on the buffet menu, namely abalone and pacific clams. So here we have a full on Asian attack with roast duck with Mongolian special sauce, abalone with smoked chicken and winter melon, pacific clams with assorted mushrooms, celery and tofu and glutinious rice HK style. I would say that this round proved to be the most rewarding of all, with all the dishes tasting real good. Just skip the duck, it was cold and the special sauce didn't go well with it at all.

I was pleasantly surprised (yet again!) to find that they serve salmon belly (and also the usual salmon) over at their sashimi corner. Two thumbs up for the salmon belly as it was oh-so-smooth and oh-so-fatty. The salmon sashimi wasn't too bad either. The chunk of meat you see at the back is actually sirloin. Unfortunately it was overcooked (well done) and cold. I would have preferred it to be medium rare...wouldn't be so dry then.

Here we have vanilla and strawberry sorbet (made in house) with a variety of toppings. The sorbet was smooth and pretty good. Could do with more choices of flavor though, only two just does not cut it.

Say cheese! These are Ritz crackers topped with both cream and blue cheese. Yummy! I also spotted cheddar, edam and brie on the cheese platter.

Lychee and jelly dessert. I loved the huge juicy sweet lychees. The water is just plain sugar water though while the jelly cubes were tasteless.

Close up of the slipper lobster Mornay. You definately have to take more than one due to the small amount of flesh inside one of those.

Chocolate fondue is a must. Now those round things are actually very small (and very sour) strawberries. Not terribly exciting I must say. But I liked those triangular crackers (the one you usually have with ice cream) as they went very well with the chocolate.

So would I return? Sure, if I got my hands on the 50% voucher again...lol!