Restaurant Review : The Melting Pot - Tacoma

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Last night, my family went to Wild Waves because of the INCREDIBLY HOT WEATHER (omg), and then we visited the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. For dinner, we decided to try a new restaurant that I'd spotted on my first trip to Tacoma to visit the Washington State History Museum for my Pacific Northwest History Online Course called The Melting Pot (a fondue restaurant). I have to say that we had SO much fun!!!

We started with the traditional swiss cheese fondue (but the spinach artichoke dip looked equally delicious...), served with apple, raw vegetables, and pieces of very tasty bread. I never realized there was so much wine in a cheese fondue, but it made it way less rich and heavy. I'm not a big cheese fan, but I thoroughly enjoyed this fantastic appetizer :-)

Then, each person had a salad. I ordered the Tropical salad, with hearts of palm, candied cashews, and mango :D My mother had a caesar salad that was (according to her) one of the best that she'd ever had (with parmesan-encrusted pine nuts). The spinach and mushroom salad was my sister and father's favorite.

Finally, my favorite course had to be the entree. Instead of oil, which spits when you cook seafood, we chose to cook our meat and vegetables in a vegetable broth with some wine, garlic, mushrooms, and shallots. The selection that we chose included shrimp, salmon, filet mignon, teriyaki sirloin, and chicken. Next time, we're going to bring stopwatches to have more precise cooking times, but everything still cooked very well. =D There was a variety of delicious sauces, but my personal favorite was the spicy cocktail sauce (for the shrimp).

We did not get any chocolate fondue (sadness), but I would either try the Flaming Turtle, Cookies & Cream Marshmallow Dream, or "Build my Own" by mixing dark chocolate with Chambord. Delish. So, you should check it out. Apparently there are locations in Seattle and Bellevue as well. We had SOO much fun, and our waitress was really nice, explaining how to order from the menu and how the entire "fondue" experience worked! If we're talking about stars, I would rate The Melting Pot 5/5 stars!!

By Myrna Conn on July 2, 2008 6:17 PM | | Comments (0)


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