Soon our waiter arrives and begins to prepare a delicious Caesar salad, then sets up a fondue pot with bubbling cheeses into which we dip big hunks of crusty bread and vegetables. Entree choices are made from a list of lamb, beef, quail, bratwurst, shrimp, scallops and pork. We each get two, and before they arrive, he lights up the grill and leaves us to wallow in the glow of good food and entertainment. We sprinkle spices on the meat, then wait for the sizzle to perfection. Grill with raclettes Using the little raclettes, which are small, metal grills, we melt cheese and butter to enhance the meet or potatoes, as we choose.
Every bite is superb.
We laugh, and trade food and talk about how vulnerable we felt in the gondola. A waitress comes by to see how we're doing, so we ask her how she likes her gondola ride to and from work everyday. She shudders involuntarily, then giggles that it's usually fun because they all go down together, but she remembers one night when she was running late and had to take it by herself. It was very spooky, she admits. Stuffed and warm both inside and out, we bundle up and leave to catch the gondola for the ride down.