Don't Mind if We 'Due

For the last few years, I've been telling Norm at Christmastime that one day we're going to The Melting Pot to try fondue. In December, we did just that. We made a reservation and Dad and Jenny went with us. It was an awesome evening with Christmas music playing quietly in the background and a steaming pot in the middle of the table. It was quite the experience!

We started off with Spinach & Artichoke cheese fondue, which the waiter mixed up right in the pot on the table. We had tortilla chips, several different kinds of bread, and Granny Smith apples to dip. We weren't sure about the apples, but everything else was awesome (the apples were good too, just different)!


Then after a salad course, we had entrees. We chose one of the four different "cooking styles" for the table (you choose what kind of liquid is in the pot that you will all cook your entrees in). The guys both got cajun (read: SPICY) meat, Jenny had normal meat, and I got a vegetarian platter with ravioli and other cheese-filled pasta, portobello mushrooms, asparagus, marinated tofu, and a few other things. Unfortunately we weren't warned that the guys meat would make everything cooked after it SPICY, so most of my vegetarian food had some heat, but it was all yummy (other than the tofu, none of us cared much for that but we all tried it).


For dessert, we chose milk chocolate fondue. It came with cheesecake, brownie and cake bites, Oreo- and graham cracker-encrusted marshmallows, strawberries, and bananas. It was YUMMY.






We were a little surprised that the whole thing ended up being about a two hour experience. But it was so much fun and the food was excellent. Totally jazzed that we finally did it!





Next up: Christmas 2011. Only about a month later! :)