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Two years together and the Melting Pot

Aug 15, 2009 Yummy

Last night Brian and I went out to celebrate two years of being together. I really wanted us to do something romantic, and I realized after thinking about it for a while that I didn’t really know what Brian’s idea of a romantic evening was. We have had, in my opinion, plenty of fun and romantic evenings, but I realized when I thought about this date that I didn’t really know if our ideas of romance were the same. When I think of a romantic evening, things like dancing, wine, and video games come to mind. I think that’s because when we started dating we played lots of guitar hero. I thought those nights were really fun, and for me that was romance… in it’s own way. We fell in love while playing guitar hero and drinking wine during the first few months of dating. It’s amazing to me that we’ve only been together for two years, because so much has happened. We feel in love really quickly, got engaged after dating for 7 months, and have already been married for 9 months. Fast right? It’s been really amazing. As you can see, I was very happy to be going on our date:

For some reason I’ve never asked him what his idea of romance was. So, this week I told him I wanted us to do something romantic for our two year dating anniversary. He said that one thing he thought was romantic was trying new fancy restaurants and experiencing that with me. I knew he liked to do this, but I didn’t realize that he thought it was romantic. He also thought it would be romantic for me to plan a date. Over the course of our relationship, he has planed most, if not ALL of our dates. I never realized that until he said it, so I decided to take the reigns and plan an all out- romantic restaurant date.

The first thing I did was google “Romantic restaurants in Tulsa”. Lots of different articles came up about top romantic Tulsa eateries, and over and over again the Melting Pot came up. I had never been there, and neither had he. So I immediately made a reservation and last night at 7:30 our table was ready.

The Melting Pot is unlike any restaurant I’ve ever been to. It’s a completely interactive experience where fondue is the main part of every course. We went with their “Big Night Out” which comes with a starter of cheese fondue and salads, followed by a gorgeous plate of seafood, steak, and chicken that you cook at your table in a blend of seasonings in a boiling pot on your table, and a dessert of your choice of chocolate fondue and assorted tasty treats to dip in it. The entire event lasted about 2 hours, and we had lots of fun dipping into the delicious pots.

First we started with cheese fondue with Fontina, Gruyere, and some other cheese blended with both basil pesto and tomato pesto and fresh mozzerella balls. It was really incredible. We dipped pieces of rosemary bread, cauliflower, granny smith apples, carrots, and celery into the cheese blend and the flavor combinations were excellent. Next we each picked salads, and Brian’s caprese salad was gorgeous. I got a spinach and mushroom salad that was incredible, but the picture didn’t turn out as well as I wanted. *Side note: the pictures that Brian takes always turn out much better than mine do.

After we finished our salads they brought out a plate of raw assorted meats and seafood. The server told us to cook the seafood for a minute and a half and the steak and chicken for two minutes. Me, being the raw-chicken and red-steak-o-phobe that I am, took out my phone and timed everything perfectly. The only complaint I had of the night was that they didn’t provide us with a timer. I felt like a timer would have made everything easier, but apparently they think we have internal clocks that are dead-on. Either that or they don’t think most people are as paranoid about raw meat as me.

The finale was dessert, and we chose from a variety of chocolate fondue pots that included chocolate smores, white chocolate, chocolate peanut butter, dark and white chocolate swirled, and a few others. The one we picked was the chocolate turtle, that had milk chocolate and caramel swirled with pecan halves. It was delightful. It was served with a tray of bites including cheesecake, pound cake, gooey brownies, strawberries, bananas, marshmallows, and rice krispie treats.

I had a great time with Brian eating there. We left full of fondue and extremely happy. The entire experience was one that I think everyone should have at some point, but if you want to go without ordering the whole shabang, I would suggest getting just dessert. It was really, really amazing.

Tags: date night, Melting Pot