Hi Tansy (and Compassrose, sorry forgot to acknowledge you in my last post, yep we meet again heh) and everyone else,
Yes hehe that's a good way to get free champagne from Conrad. And if I remember correctly it's quite good champagne too. And at retail prices of at least SGD 60+ per bottle... good deal. Poor waitress though.
I was once like that too; all wines tasted the same with me. It's like that for the first few times. Then after a while you start to notice the difference. The tannins and alcohol overwhelm your taste buds the first few times; after a while, your taste buds get used to it and you are able to taste the different nuances of the wine hiding behind the tannins, alcohol, and acidity. The Wolf Blass Gold label is quite a good wine probably selling for about SGD 40. Carrefour sells some quite decent wines for SGD 20 so it is quite possible that the difference is not so great as say... a lousy French Vin De Table. Wine does add another dimension to a meal once you are able to appreciate it. Try going for some wine appreciation classes if you want to find out more.
As a society matures, more and more people go for things like wine, dancing, etc. We don't have to go all out to be a wine speciailist, but it's probably good for us to at least find out a bit what's the big hoo-haa about wines.
Tansy, I presume you are in some third-world country. True if we compare ourselves to many third-world countries, our service standards are better. But why compare with the worst? To console ourselves? And there are many third-world countries with service far better than ours. As a first-world country, we should be able to do better. Sadly, we are first-world in efficieny, third-world in courtesy.
No one falls in love with efficiency because efficiency by itself is just cold and hard. Efficiency of course is not a bad thing, but if it is the only thing then we are soulless people.
Now with all the recent letters in Today about our kids growing up like little emperors and not being able to do even simple household chores for themselves, the future looks bleak.
Sorry think I am hijacking this thread. My friend who had his wedding at FS last year, despite his gripes which I have posted here, had a wonderful wedding experience at FS. I've attended other weddings at FS too and have generally had a positive experience. Kudos to the team at FS, and if any of them are reading this (I'm told that they do!), please bring up the matter of waiving corkage charges for all alcohol to your management.
Yes hehe that's a good way to get free champagne from Conrad. And if I remember correctly it's quite good champagne too. And at retail prices of at least SGD 60+ per bottle... good deal. Poor waitress though.
I was once like that too; all wines tasted the same with me. It's like that for the first few times. Then after a while you start to notice the difference. The tannins and alcohol overwhelm your taste buds the first few times; after a while, your taste buds get used to it and you are able to taste the different nuances of the wine hiding behind the tannins, alcohol, and acidity. The Wolf Blass Gold label is quite a good wine probably selling for about SGD 40. Carrefour sells some quite decent wines for SGD 20 so it is quite possible that the difference is not so great as say... a lousy French Vin De Table. Wine does add another dimension to a meal once you are able to appreciate it. Try going for some wine appreciation classes if you want to find out more.
Tansy, I presume you are in some third-world country. True if we compare ourselves to many third-world countries, our service standards are better. But why compare with the worst? To console ourselves? And there are many third-world countries with service far better than ours. As a first-world country, we should be able to do better. Sadly, we are first-world in efficieny, third-world in courtesy.
Now with all the recent letters in Today about our kids growing up like little emperors and not being able to do even simple household chores for themselves, the future looks bleak.
Sorry think I am hijacking this thread. My friend who had his wedding at FS last year, despite his gripes which I have posted here, had a wonderful wedding experience at FS. I've attended other weddings at FS too and have generally had a positive experience. Kudos to the team at FS, and if any of them are reading this (I'm told that they do!), please bring up the matter of waiving corkage charges for all alcohol to your management.
