The Melting Pot

DH and I are attempting a "No Spend January" and one rule is to not eat out at restaurants. It's very obvious that eating at home is less expensive. However, it's not always what you want to do. Especially on your 24th birthday.

Thankfully, we were fortunate enough to be the recipients of several restaurant giftcards. One, given to us as a wedding gift, is for The Melting Pot. So off we went!


We ordered all four courses:

1. Fiesta Cheese Fondue served with carrots, celery, cauliflower, Granny Smith apples (yum!), two kinds of bread, and tortilla chips. This was probably my favorite course. The cheese was muy delicioso and I know I'll have a hard time making myself try another choice.



2. Cobb Salad for DH, Caesar for myself. Honestly, I didn't like my salad much. There was too much dressing on it. DH said his was good.

3. The main entree. We chose Mojo Fondue. It's described as a "Caribbean seasoned bouillon (that) has distinctive flavors of fresh garlic with a citrus flair!" It was...not gross, but probably not worth the $6 it would've cost if it wasn't included in the "Big Night Out" package we ordered. There were soooo many things for us to cook in the fondue: chicken, salmon, filet mignon, shrimp, artichoke ravioli (I think...whatever it was, it was the BEST), shrimp, potatoes, squash, and more. There were also about seven sauces for dipping. It was fun to try different things, but a bit of a pain that they took 3-4 minutes to cook, and honestly nothing tasted too amazing (minus the ravioli).



4. Dessert! There are several chocolate fondues to choose from, and as the birthday girl, I made the decision to try the s'mores version. Super tasty. We also got two plates of desserts, instead of the usual one, because they had screwed up and given us seafood with our entree when we'd requested it to be substituted with non-fishy things. It was a little hard to eat so much dessert, but well worth the effort. :) There were lots of yummy things: strawberries, bananas, brownies, cheesecake, pound cake, and rice krispy treats.

I'd give it 9 out of 10 giraffes. I'm being a little generous because all we had to pay for two+ hours of fun and food was twenty bucks for the tip. We still have something like $15 left on our giftcard and next time we go back we'll probably just get an appetizer and dessert. Also, we'll hopefully go with friends. It was a nice romantic dinner-for-two, but it could also be a fun group atmosphere.