For my birthday dinner, Bryan and some friends and I went to The Melting Pot. As the name might imply, it's a fondue restaurant. Oh. My. God. We spent waaaaaay too much money (i.e., the money we had originally intended for dinner PLUS the amount of the birthday check I got from my parents), but oh my goodness was it worth it. To start, one of my girlfriends ordered a bottle of Asti. Man, do I love me some Asti. I also had a glass of shiraz (Ravenswood, Australia/California, 2000, to die for - and now that I see from wine.com that it's only $11.99 a bottle, I'm torn between being pissed that I paid $8.50 for my glass and being thrilled because I'll actually buy it at that price).
Bryan and I ordered "Fondue for Two," which includes a cheese fondue starter (comes with breads and veggies for dipping), salad (huge) and a meat fondue entree. We had the entree called "Signature Selection," which included chunks of raw tenderloin, black tiger shrimp, chicken, teriyaki sirloin and fresh fish (which was mahi-mahi last night). You cook your meat on your fondue fork in a boiling broth - for our broth, we had Coq au Vin, which had mushrooms and burgundy wine in it. They also bring out several sauces for dipping. The curry sauce was wonderful.
For dessert, we all shared two different types of chocolate fondue - dark chocolate fondue and S'Mores fondue. For dipping, there was cheesecake, pound cake, strawberries, pineapple, brownies, bananas and nutty marshmallows. And "adult" coffee. I had the FAB Coffee, which has Frangelico, Amaretto and Bailey's in it. Yum!!!!
My wallet may have been screaming, but my stomach and my mood were singing.
Happy birthday to me, indeed!! :D
Posted by beenie at October 3, 2004 11:30 AM