My Melting Pot Birthday Celebration

The Melting Pot is unquestionably one of my favorite restaurants to go. Unfortunately, I don't go very often because I don't find myself having $100+ dollars to spend on a meal.  Thankfully though, my family likes to treat me to dinner at The Melting Pot for my birthday.  


The meal consists of 3-4 courses, depending on what you order.  While the food isn't the most amazing cuisine, the ambiance makes up for it.  While at The Melting Pot, you get an opportunity to linger over your food and interact with those you are dining with.  


On this occasion, we got a cheese course, salad, meat and dessert ( my favorite!).


For the first course, we had Swiss cheese to dip a variety of 'dippers' in.  Dippers include bite size piece of bread, vegetables and Granny Smith apples.  The Granny Smith apples are my favorite dipper; the mix of salty and sweet is really good. 


My second course was a traditional wedge salad, which consists of a 'wedge' of iceberg lettuce topped with bacon and blue cheese dressing.


The third course was the meat course.  I had 6 oz. filet mignon, but I also photographed a family member's sirloin teriyaki.


The final course was the chocolate course.  I decided to use my birthday wish and get all white chocolate.  My family members, for comparison, ordered half milk chocolate and half white chocolate.  


The staff brought my dessert 'dippers' with a birthday candle in a mini piece of cheesecake.  Check out the photos below to see what a dinner at The Melting Pot is like!  

You can't have cheese without wine!  This is just a basic 'by the glass' Pinot Grigio.

For my main course I had filet mignon, asparagus and Portabello mushrooms. 

Will had sirloin teriyaki, which is his favorite.

This is what the meat course looked like before we demolished it.  The meat is cooked on the table in various liquids.  Ours had a white wine base, broth, garlic, mushrooms and a touch of cherry kirsch.

Ying-yang chocolate!  Yum.

The best part of the whole meal, dessert!  The Rice Krsipie treats dipped in chocolate are amazingly good.

This is the table before the havoc of our hunger wrecked the table setting.

I would recommend everyone try fondue at least once in their life.   I probably won't get to go back to The Melting Pot until my birthday next year, but it makes it all that more special.  


If I lived closer to Pittsburgh, The Melting Pot would be my regular Friday or Saturday evening hang out for dessert fondue and cocktails.


Chocolate covered everything,
Caitlin