Pinay in Jersey: The Melting Pot

A couple of months ago, Mr. L and I celebrated our 4th Church Wedding Anniversary at The Melting Pot, Hoboken, NJ.

Yes, Mr. L and I celebrate a number of anniversaries in a year: our civil wedding anniversary, our church wedding anniversary and we also celebrate the year I moved here. As you are already aware of, I’ve recently written a little something about our civil wedding anniversary here since the date has just passed. Here you go to give you a little background,

http://pinaylombardi.blogspot.com/2009/09/happy-5th-civil-wedding-anniversary-mr.html

Again, Mr. L and I have yet to celebrate our civil wedding anniversary this year. As for celebrating the date that I moved here in New Jersey, I will talk about that soon. I guess when the date of the anniversary comes closer. (Note to self: must blog about why we celebrate the date that I moved here in NJ).

Okay, back to our wedding anniversary. 4 years ago, Mr. L and I were finally married in the church (in the Philippines). The exact date of our church wedding was the 29th of April. One of the happiest moments in our lives to be wed in the house of God… Here’s a photo that I wanted to share with you of this joyous moment in our life…This photo was taken during the reception of our wedding...

Four years later, Mr. L and I celebrated our church wedding anniversary by having dinner at the Melting Pot. Mr. L and I love trying new places and restaurants. As much as possible, we avoid going back to the same restaurants we’ve already tried. We also prefer independently owned restaurants rather than chain restaurants. As some of you may not be aware of the prices of the food being served at chain restaurants are actually quite expensive with poor quality and taste, whereas, more often than not you get to taste good quality food from independent restaurants. We want to always make sure that we always broaden our horizons by always trying something new.

I remember when Mr. L and I just started dating he was so afraid to try so many things particularly trying new dishes and food which was quite the opposite of how adventurous I am when it comes to dining. His excuse was that he was allergic to this and that. Yeah right?!! I introduced Mr. L to eating sushi, Japanese rolls, oysters and whole lot of other food particularly seafood and Asian cuisine and we soon discovered that he wasn’t allergic to anything! I guess his fear of trying new things comes from his upbringing.

I grew up in a household that love to eat and quite daring in trying different cuisines. Oh, not to the extent that we eat dogs, cats, snakes or rabbits, etc. Growing up in the Philippines particularly in Manila has also greatly influenced my palette. Although, the Philippines is a third world country, we have different cuisines that are available worldwide within our reach and not too pocket heavy as it is here in NY.

So we ventured to The Melting Pot which is a fondue (and hotpot) restaurant. It was our first time to try this restaurant. The food was very scrumptious! My favorites were the cheese fondue, the salad and the chocolate fondue. I definitely have to buy a fondue pot so I can recreate this experience at home lol. Quite honestly, I was a tad bit disappointed with Mr. L that evening because he mistakenly thought that lobsters were included in our main course. Grrr! But nevertheless, our dining experience was still wonderful despite of that mishap. The service was excellent. They also seated us in a private area that was intimately tucked in ---that was definitely a plus because I can take all the photos that I want. The server also guided us throughout to make sure we enjoyed our dining experience that night. The best part was the maitre d’ of the restaurant greeted us a "happy anniversary" which caught us by surprise I guess we told the server and the server told him. Although, this is a chain restaurant it is quite deliciously exceptional from other chain restaurants. This was definitely a wonderful way to spend your anniversary!

The Melting Pot Menu...