The Melting Pot: A One of a Kind Experience

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The Melting Pot is a fondue restaurant that allows you to cook your own food, and dip your appetizers and desserts into a variety of sauces or fondues. We went here for my birthday for a different food experience, but also to try a new restaurant. When we walked into the restaurant, it was little dark, but lit enough that you can see where you are going and the people around you.

I was surprised when we got to the table where I found an empty picture frame with Happy Birthday balloons waiting for me. The picture frame was later filled with a picture that the one of the staff members took. Apparently there several packages like this, for an extra fee that you can get for a special occasion.  

The menus contain several options for appetizers, dinners, desserts and their dipping sauces. A dipping stick is given to you so you don’t have to worry about getting your hands dirty. We decided to start with the spinach artichoke cheese fondue and the Wisconsin trio cheese fondue, which is served with breads, vegetables and apples. Both fondues were delicious, very creamy and cheesy.

The entrées are served with cooking sauces and a variety of dipping sauces including a Teriyaki glaze and a ginger plum glaze. We chose the mojo cooking sauce with a Caribbean flavor to it and the bourguignonne cooking sauce which is a European–style fondue. The cooking sauces and dipping sauces were excellent. It was nice to be able to dip your food into different sauces throughout the meal.

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Dessert was the best part of the whole meal. There are numerous chocolate fondues to choose from. We chose the dark chocolate fondue and the Yin and Yang fondue, which are half milk chocolate and half white chocolate swirled together. You are served with strawberries, bananas, cheesecake, Rice Krispies Treats, marshmallows, pound cake and brownies to dip into the fondue. It was so good that I even dipped the marshmallows in, something I don’t normally eat.

Overall, we were pleased with our meal, but it was a bit on the expensive side for five people. It also took longer than usual to eat because we had to cook our dinner, which takes a few minutes per piece. With five people at the table it is difficult to cook several pieces at once. When I return to the Melting Pot, I am going to stick to appetizers and desserts.