Much ado about fondue...
Beth and I, along with Brad, Kanako and Amber all went to dinner on Thursday for my birthday at the Melting Pot. It's all about fondue and is a place we've been dying to try. It's a little pricey, so we decided to save it for just such an occasion. We opted for the King's Feast, which was a four course meal including two fondue appetizers, salads, two fondue cooking sauces and two fondue desserts. I like to call it an, "Adventure in fondue," because it truly is. Our meal, from start to finish, lasted just over three hours.
To start, we had two cheese fondues: The Wisconsin Trio and a basic cheddar fondue mixed with beer. Both were delicious and served with mixed bread pieces, veggies and apples for dipping. The salads were great, too, but totally unnecessary for this adventure. The entre fondues are actually cooking fondues in which you cook your own meat. The King's Feast includes a platter of teriyaki steak, filet mignon, chicken, tiger shrimp and pot stickers. You can choose from four cooking fondues, and we ended up with the Mojo (pronounced mo-ho) and the Coq au vin. The Mojo is very Caribbean with its central flavors being garlic and citrus (orange and lime). The Coq au vin was red wine based and included shallots, garlic and several herbs. Both used chicken broth. They were outstanding; Mojo was my absolute favorite.
Each meat item was to be cooked for two minutes, the shrimp and veggies that came with the entre for a minute and a half. It was a blast trying out the different entre items with the two fondues. We received several dipping sauces for when the meat was complete, but I hardly used those as the flavor from the fondue was plenty. I didn't want to cloud it with the other stuff.
For dessert we opted for the Banana's Foster fondue made with white chocolate and the S'mores fondue, made with milk chocolate, marshmallows and crushed graham crackers. We were served a platter of strawberries, pineapple, bananas, pound cake, cheese cake, brownies, marshmallows and graham crackers in which to dip in the fondue. It was out of this world.
The atmosphere was awesome. Everything, except the salads, was prepared right at the table. None of us walked out of there hungry, but since the meal took so long I wasn't stuffed. I certainly ate my fair share of food. I can't wait to go back.
Last week, or maybe it was the week before, Beth and I were fortunate enough to come upon some free Mystere tickets. One of her student's father works on the show and they offered Beth tickets for the 10:30pm show. It was late for a school night, but of course Beth and I couldn't resist. We both have seen the show before, but it's the type of show where you could never see it enough. I was thrilled to have the opportunity and enjoyed the show immensely. It just reminded me all the more when Jenn's here in February, I hope we can go see Zumanity, one of the other Cirque du Soleil shows here in town. Mystere was the original here, it was followed by "O" and then Zumanity. Soon, a new Cirque du Soleil show will open at the MGM called "Ka". I am sure to see it eventually.
My political one liner for this entry comes from "Real Time with Bill Maher": "Watching and listening to George W. Bush speak is like watching a drunk man cross an icy street." Laugh out loud funny! I loved it.
Beth and I, along with Brad, Kanako and Amber all went to dinner on Thursday for my birthday at the Melting Pot. It's all about fondue and is a place we've been dying to try. It's a little pricey, so we decided to save it for just such an occasion. We opted for the King's Feast, which was a four course meal including two fondue appetizers, salads, two fondue cooking sauces and two fondue desserts. I like to call it an, "Adventure in fondue," because it truly is. Our meal, from start to finish, lasted just over three hours.
To start, we had two cheese fondues: The Wisconsin Trio and a basic cheddar fondue mixed with beer. Both were delicious and served with mixed bread pieces, veggies and apples for dipping. The salads were great, too, but totally unnecessary for this adventure. The entre fondues are actually cooking fondues in which you cook your own meat. The King's Feast includes a platter of teriyaki steak, filet mignon, chicken, tiger shrimp and pot stickers. You can choose from four cooking fondues, and we ended up with the Mojo (pronounced mo-ho) and the Coq au vin. The Mojo is very Caribbean with its central flavors being garlic and citrus (orange and lime). The Coq au vin was red wine based and included shallots, garlic and several herbs. Both used chicken broth. They were outstanding; Mojo was my absolute favorite.
Each meat item was to be cooked for two minutes, the shrimp and veggies that came with the entre for a minute and a half. It was a blast trying out the different entre items with the two fondues. We received several dipping sauces for when the meat was complete, but I hardly used those as the flavor from the fondue was plenty. I didn't want to cloud it with the other stuff.
For dessert we opted for the Banana's Foster fondue made with white chocolate and the S'mores fondue, made with milk chocolate, marshmallows and crushed graham crackers. We were served a platter of strawberries, pineapple, bananas, pound cake, cheese cake, brownies, marshmallows and graham crackers in which to dip in the fondue. It was out of this world.
The atmosphere was awesome. Everything, except the salads, was prepared right at the table. None of us walked out of there hungry, but since the meal took so long I wasn't stuffed. I certainly ate my fair share of food. I can't wait to go back.
Last week, or maybe it was the week before, Beth and I were fortunate enough to come upon some free Mystere tickets. One of her student's father works on the show and they offered Beth tickets for the 10:30pm show. It was late for a school night, but of course Beth and I couldn't resist. We both have seen the show before, but it's the type of show where you could never see it enough. I was thrilled to have the opportunity and enjoyed the show immensely. It just reminded me all the more when Jenn's here in February, I hope we can go see Zumanity, one of the other Cirque du Soleil shows here in town. Mystere was the original here, it was followed by "O" and then Zumanity. Soon, a new Cirque du Soleil show will open at the MGM called "Ka". I am sure to see it eventually.
My political one liner for this entry comes from "Real Time with Bill Maher": "Watching and listening to George W. Bush speak is like watching a drunk man cross an icy street." Laugh out loud funny! I loved it.
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