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| - My husband and I went to the Melting Pot on a whim last night. Despite the fact that we didn't have a reservation, we were lucky enough to find a seat at the bar. We ordered from the prix fixe menu. I had the Fondue Delight and my husband had the Fondue Fusion. Both were really, really good with the coq au vin cooking bouillon. For our cheese course, we chose the Traditional Swiss Cheese fondue and that came with broccoli, cauliflower and carrots and a nice helping of bread cubes. My only complaint is that there was a heavy alcohol taste to the cheese sauce... it might have benefited from being cooked a bit longer to remove some of the alcoholic taste. But, it was very good. We chose the spinach mushroom salads for our second course. The mushrooms and spinach were very fresh and quite tasty with the shallot vinaigrette that it came with. The main courses were excellent but the bartender's estimation of cooking times were not very accurate and led to undercooked food. Fortunately, I am a cook, so we were able to gauge when stuff was appropriately cooked. The bartender told us that the potatoes should take about 10 minutes... they took 30. The chicken, about 3 minutes. It was about 5. The shrimp and lobster, he said 1 minute. I cooked them for about 2-3 minutes. So, you need to be familiar with what undercooked feels like - rather than looks like (because the place is very dim). We chose the bananas foster for our dessert course along with some 10 year old port. The bartender told us that he was out of the 10 year old port, but was kind enough to up-sell us to the 20 for an extra dollar. It was well worth it! The dessert course was phenomenal! It came with bananas, strawberries, rice krispie treats, cheesecake, red velvet cake cubes, chocolate cake cubes, and various flavors of marshmallows. Overall, while it was an expensive meal, we left feeling good and happy for the experience. I think sitting at the bar was fun because we got to talk to other customers and share our experiences with them. I would not visit the Melting Pot every week but it is a wonderful special occasion place that I highly recommend. We will be back.
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