On Sunday, we went down to Buffalo with Joe and Ida to go The Melting Pot. This was the first time I went across the border for something other than shopping or tourism; ok that’s not true, we went shopping this time too, but it was for our stomachs.

The Melting Pot’s specialty is fondue, and we had three courses of fondue. We started with a Swiss cheese fondue with white wine, nutmeg, lemon and Kirschwasser. We had bread, green apple bits and vegetables to dip with. I’m not a big fan of cheese, but it was not bad.

We shared a couple of dishes for our main course, The French Quarter (Andouille sausage with shrimp, chicken and tenderloin), the Seafood Trio (shrimp, scallop and fillets), and Teriyaki sirloin. Everything came raw, so we cooked it in a Court Bouillon broth. It was kind of like hot pot, except not AYCE.

Each entree came with a salad, and we tried the California salad, a house salad and the mushroom salad I believe. The mushroom salad was good, the house salad was weird and the California salad sucked. For dessert we had a dark chocolate fondue spiked with Grand Marnier. We were given a plate of mini desserts (like brownies and rice krispies) to dip, along with some strawberries.

The Melting Pot was an interesting experience and wasn’t too expensive. It ended up costing about $30 USD per person, which is about how much you would spend for dinner at *-licious.

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