Do Swiss Army Knives have a fondue fork that folds away into the knife? They should. While nobody yodelled for us this definitely is the place for lovers of cheese and chocolates. Everybody kept asking what was being celebrated. For the price of the meal it sure seems like you need a reason to splurge to even walk through the door. We all had a pretty good time regardless. I'm not sure if all locations are like this but you probably want to make a reservation if you are coming in on a weekend. So the most popular way of enjoying a meal at The Melting Pot is the four course deal. You get cheese fondue, salad, an Entree and dessert (chocolate fondue). I must say that for a lot of people by the time the third course is done, that is pretty much it. You can tone down the amount of food to fit the actual amount your group can handle eating. Even if you have four people in your group, you can order the salads for 2 or the entrees for 3. That helps a lot in terms of portion control. When I was there, even the final dessert which we ordered for one seemed to be a lot. So you start off with a cheese fondue - you can choose from Spinach Artichoke (Fontina and Butterkase with spinach and artichoke hearts), Fiesta Cheese (aged cheddar with lager beer, japaleno peppers and salsa), Cheddar Cheese (aged cheddar and Emmenthaler Swiss with lager beer, garlic, and seasonings), Wisconsin Trio Cheese (Fontina and Butterkase with buttermilk bleu cheese, white wine, scallions, and sherry), Traditional Swiss Cheese (Gruyere and Emmenthaler Swiss with white wine, garlic, nutmeg, lemon and Kirschwasser) and finally the Big Night Out Seasonal Cheese. The waiter comes and sets up a fondue pot and mixes the cheese and all the ingredients which you can then dip breads, fresh vegetables and apples into. This is sort of like an appetizer so there's only one plate for everyone to get items to dip from. Then you have a choice of salads for the second course - The Melting Pot House Salad, Spinach Mushroom Salad, Caesar Salad, California Salad, and Big Night Out Salad. These are rather big portions for a salad so if you have a small capacity you might want to share rather than have each person getting their own salad. Then we get to the entrees. This is the fun part because you do your own cooking. First, you have to choose a cooking style. Pretty much one for the whole group. You can choose from Coq au Vin (Burgundy wine with fresh herbs, spices, and mushrooms), Court Bouillon (vegetable broth with herbs and spices), Bourguignonne (cholestrol-free canola oil), and Mojo (bouillon with fresh garlic and citrus). For the entrees themselves, you have all sorts of combinations of filet mignon, shrimp, salmon, chicken, sirloin, pork tenderloin, duck, potstickers, ravioli, asparagus, tofu, edamame, artichoke hearts, Andouille sausage, onion rings, lobster tail, and Portobello mushrooms. The cooking times were given for each type of food: Poultry, Pork: 2 1/2 minutes Seafood: 2 minutes Beef: 1 1/2 minutes Everything else: 1 minute I used my iPhone's timer and used both fondue forks at a time to try and get the cooking down to a science. A little silly and fun at the same time. But by the end of it, I was stuffed. Our group decided we'd have only one person's portion of the final course - dessert. For the final course, chocolate fondue (dessert) you get a choice of Big Night Out Seasonal Chocolate, The Original (milk chocolate, peanut butter), Yin & Yang (dark and white chocolate), Cookies 'n Cream Marshmallow Dream (dark chocolate topped with marshmallow cream flambeed and topped with Oreo cookies), Flaming Turtle (milk chocolate, caramel and candied pecans flambeed), Pure Chocolate (dark, white, or milk), Bananas Foster (Bananas and a hint of cinnamon swirled in white chocolate), and Chocolate S'mores (milk chocolate with marshmallow cream, flambeed and topped with bits of graham crackers). We opted for the Cookies 'n Cream Marshmallow Dream. They brought a plate of strawberries, bananas, cheesecake, Rice Krispies Treats, marshmallows, pound cake and brownies to dip in. It was definitely decadent and filled us all to the brim. Parking is easy to find. It's in the same mall as Zendejas Grill and Next Coffee. The restaurant itself is right across from Sylvan.
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