'Ocean on the Plate’ – Seafood Fest @ Hilton Trivandrum Nov 9-18

For all those seafood lovers in Trivandrum city, Hilton Trivandrum has ongoing Seafood festival from Nov 9^th – 18^th. A good spread of seafood and variety of preparation select from, you won’t get any chance of missing any of your favourites. The ten-day seafood festival gives the foodies a chance to enjoy a wide variety of tasty dishes from the Malabar Coast including some select seafood salads and curries.

Seafood Grill  - You can select your choice of fish – Seer fish Karimeen (Pearl Spot), Mahi Mahi, Prawns, Sardine, Tuna, Mackerel, Calamari from the display. Also, you can select your choice of marinade -  Southern Spice, Chilly Garlic, Asian Lime, Paprika Chilly, Herb Crusted and Tandoori. We had Seer fish in Herb Crusted Marinade – a good slice of Seer 

fish grilled both sides with very refreshing flavours of Lime, garlic, sage, rosemary. This was served with some grilled vegetables and mashed potatoes – an awesome starter. Next to come was some prawns and Calamari rings in the Southern Spice marinade, Sardine in Paprika Chilly. Mahi Mahi in Asian Lime marinade was our favourite pick. So Soft that fish melted in your mouth with no bones - fish pieces were perfectly marinated had flavours of fresh Ginger, Lime, Ajwain which went really well with the pudina chutney.

In the Pizza section we had quite a few options to select from – Pizza Marinara, Shrimp pizza, Fish Tikka Pizza and Chilly fish Pizza. We requested chef for pizza with assorted seafood and it was one of the best Pizza I have had in recent past. The thin crispy crust, crunchy calamari rings, juicy shrimps, tender fish tikka, loads of cheese and fresh herbs – I will highly recommend Seafood Pizza of Hilton Trivandrum J

In the Main course along with the sumptuous spread of veg and non-veg cuisines we had Malabar fish

curry – Tuna in thick coconut based gravy and very delicious Chilly Crab. And Salad section had 3 varieties of seafood salad – Som Tum Salad with fresh shrimps, shreds of raw Papaya, beetroot and dash of lime, Masala Kozhuva (Anchovy)  and Calamari cocktail. All in all had a great time getting to taste so many flavours and what a fantastic experience for taste buds! J

The ten-day seafood festival concludes on November 18. The dinner-only buffet is priced at Rs.1,399+ Taxes for adults and at Rs.799 + Taxes for kids.