Tuesday, October 28, 2008,4:29 PM

haven been posting much these days coz was pretty busy....actually, i haven really posted much on my thoughts and feelings since the AIG saga, coz i was too busy coping with the saga....so the best i could do is post pics and write sum comments here and there....but once i get everyting on track again and everyting subsides, will start my random posts again...haha.

nway, in continuation to the prev post on Cuppage Terrace, we went bk there to try the wines in Wine Connection....wanted to open a bottle of rose wine, but there was only 2 of us, so we opted for a glass of house wine each instead (sidenote: she went bk to try the rose wine another day, and said she didnt really like it)....we both had the white, which was chardonnay for dat day....and when we found it freaking cheap at $5 per glass, we realised it was juz half a glass! oh well, wat do u expect with cheap wines....and we had a cheesecake to go with it....

see my HALF-filled glass of chardonnay glistering in the candle-light? :)

the cheesecake was an orea raspberry cheesecake....quite light and tart (from the raspberries), not too bad to go with white wine....dun tink it would be too gd with red wines, and prob much better with dessert wines...which i dunno whether they have...

went for dim sum on another day at Fortunate Restaurant @ International Building, coz i had an e-voucher which gives 30% off dim sum + free dessert of the day....on normal days, UOB cardmembers get 15% off...

heres my har gow which i greedily ate b4 remembering to take a pic of it....heh...each portion comes in 3s, and the har gow is not too bad, prawn is big and fresh, but i tink the skin is abit too sticky and slightly too thick for me...but other den dat, no complains...

another dim sum staple, siew mai! this too, is filled with prawns and a little meat....ok on a whole, nothing much to complain....definitely much better den the ones i had at Wan Dou Sek!

scallop and prawn dumplings. ok, i know i over-ordered on the prawn items, but i cant help it if they stare bk enticingly at me from the menu rite?? :) this is pretty much like the har gow in another shape, with a piece of small baby scallop on top.

ok, pan-fried carrot cake....was her order, but had to try abit of it in order to comment...tastes like normal chai tao kway we get at hawker centres, albeit in a nice rectangle shape, plain, and not too oily...

her chicken claws (although i dunno why sum places call it phoenix claws??), which i refused to touch...so no comments....but she said it was much much better den the one in Wan Dou Sek

wasn't satisfied yet, so ordered a portion of paper-wrapped chicken to try....but i didnt find this too satisfying....meat stuck to the paper, dun have the fragrant grilled-pandan smell other places have, and its pretty oily! and they gave the wing portion instead of the usual thigh!

had the try their durian fritters, simply becoz.....it sounds special loh!

1st bite was ok, subsequent bites was disappointing....durian was pungent, but not as sweet as i liked....batter was not too heavy, but gets oilier as u eat it (i dunno why)...overall, didnt really impress me, dun tink i will bother to order it again....

overall bill came up to less den $30 after discount (including tea, condiments, gst, service charge, etc), hua suan! :)