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| - For me, The Melting Pot is one of those places that you go to for one reason. Like how there was only one reason to ever watch Baywatch (Pamela), or only one reason to watch Nascar (crashes). With the Melting Pot, you're not going for the models or piles of wrangled metal, you're going for the dessert.
My first visit was exactly that, a trip to Melting Pot with a group of friends to find some tasty dessert. Being chocolate fiends that night, our group of six ordered:
Cookies 'n Cream Marshmallow Dream: Dark chocolate topped with marshmallow cream, flambéed, swirled together and garnished with crushed Oreo cookies.
Flaming Turtle: Milk chocolate, caramel and chopped pecans, flambéed tableside.
Both desserts were absolutely delicious, and were served with fresh strawberries, bananas, cheesecake, Rice Krispies treats, marshmallows, pound cake and brownies to dip into the fondues. All of these dippings went well with the chocolate-y fondue. Though, if you go with friends, go for the pound cake and brownies first before they get to it...
Fast forward a couple weeks and my friend and I come here for dinner. Our meal consisted of:
First Course: Feng Shui Cheese Fondue, served with bread, vegetables and apples
Salad: The Melting Pot House Salad with Peppercorn Ranch Dressing (delicious!)
Entree: Pacific Rim - teriyaki sirloin, shrimp, pork, duck, chicken and potstickers.
At the end of the meal, both my dining partner and I agreed that the overall experience was good, but not great. I'm glad that I've had a chance to experience a meal here, but nothing blew me away. I actually felt sad that we were too full to not make it to dessert, which would have been the best part!
I will say this, though: I much prefer the shabu shabu/sukiyaki experience. Having one pot per person and using chopsticks to eat just seems to make everything go smoother; compared to one pot and six skewers sticking out the top of it. Four stars thanks to the dessert!
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