followed), we went out for fondue last night.
Tuesday was my wife's birthday, and her sister's is this Saturday. So we
all went out (her folks included) to a place in Scottsdale, AZ called "The
Melting Pot" (I believe it's a chain, although I don't know how pervasive it
is throughout the country).
I was rather disappointed. Could have been related to the fact that my 20
month old daughter refused to nap during the day, so she was a holy terror
by the time we got to the restaurant (i know what you're thinking...hard to
believe that anything related to a sweet guy like me could act like a holy
terror..but it's true!).
First "course" was the various breads and pot of cheese. Now, I like bread
and a pot of cheese as much as the next guy...but that right there was $14.
Do you *know* how many quarter pounders (with cheese) I could have gotten
for $14?
Next was the salad, which wasn't bad.
Finally, the main course. The oils were brought out, and shortely
thereafter our food. I ordered the seafood trio, which contained scallops,
shrimp, and salmon. It looked like sashimi (which I would much rather have
been eating). My wife got some beef.
We were warned by our waitress to let the seafood sit in the oil for at
least a minute and a half (which seemed to me to be a conservative
estimate). We were warned not to put raw seafood on the "eating" plate, or
to touch the raw seafood with out "eating" forks. All the while, I'm
thinking it looks like sashimi and what's the big deal? Regardless, 90
seconds of frying still left the middle of the scallops fairly raw.
So here I am thinking about the cost of this meal...and the fact that...I
HAVE TO COOK IT MYSELF. Not only that, but I'm paying a LOT extra for the
'privelege' of COOKING IT MYSELF. I'm sorry, but for those prices, it
should not only have been cooked, but also served to me by a nymphomaniac
Penthouse Pet of the Year who has a thing for bald married guys.
Bottom line is that my wife was happy to have tried it (and all of the men
in the audience know that when the wife is happy, we're happy), which is all
that mattered. We all agreed that it was something different to experience,
but now that we have, it's crossed off of our list of "things to do/things
to try".
Damn but I do miss White Castle : )
Charlie
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