Some years ago I worked for a company based in Belgium and had some employees of Belgium came and visited our local office on a business trip. When I told them I was chatting with a fondue party was up and up. I casually mentioned this fondue restaurant of my favorites, and raved about the delicious dessert, chocolate fondue.
A look came over his face incredulous horror. He had the same expression that I must have had when I saw spamSushi in Hawaii for the first time. Why was the only proper fondue cheese fondue and a chocolate fondue was just a false, unnatural thing. Any ideas of the Americans, an illiterate savage, decadent, and people have been confirmed in his eyes.
However, we have chocolate fondue, and I am forever grateful for them. In particular, we thank Konrad He, a Swiss (!) Koch, founded the Swiss Chalet restaurant in New York in 1964. Hadpreviously started) Fondue disclose the more traditional restaurant with its cheese with which both the style and method of cooking meat cubes in hot oil (fondue Bourguignon.
Well, the element of chocolate, the excitement really happening. Fondue is a popular menu item to the American holiday in years 60 and 70, and begins to become popular again with the introduction.
Fondue originated in the mountainsSwitzerland, where poor farmers had little to keep them out of Gruyere cheese, bread and wine. Poor peasants. Click to blend together the ingredients to make them support this what the traditional fondue, melting the cheese and wine in a common pot, and this turns dipping the bread into the tasty mix.
Fondue Bourguignon, on the other side was a French creation. Born out of necessity, amonaco medieval named Johann du Putzxe had the idea. He worked in the vineyards of Burgundy and needed a convenient way to lunch, as he collected the grapes. A pot full of hot oil, located close to where he could dunk the meat cooking and curiosity, as he worked, was the solution.
Today there are different types of funds on the market. There are fires that are heated by candles, butane, alcohol and electricity. Toand chocolate fondue, fondue pot uses a traditional dish called cheese. These are usually made of ceramic or terracotta. An enameled iron or a copper pot used for fondue Bourguignon.
If you're not home to deal with the chaos and the difficulty in making fondue (fondue pots can be difficult to clean after a meal), there are many restaurants specializing in fondue, you can go. My favorite, La FondueSaratoga, California, is strangely decorated with a romantic atmosphere a 'Gothic', which would like the type of the Cirque du Soleil is like to go to lunch.
Many types of funds are available, as in the Mediterranean (cheddar cheese, beer and sun-dried tomatoes) and Stinking Rose (Switzerland, wine and garlic). For the fondue Bourguignon, such as wild boar and ostrich meat are offered exotic and delicious sauces.
The chocolate fondue,But it is going to die. Together with your choice of chocolate (milk, dark or white) and flavors (Amaretto, Irish Cream and others), you can dunk in pieces of snicker bars, marshmallows, strawberries, apples, bananas and biscuits loose.
Bring a big appetite when you come here, so you have room for all the delicious courses.
If you want the fun and novelty of fondue, here's a selection of restaurants, the fund mayArea:
The Melting Pot - 70 restaurants in locations across the country
Boiling Point Fondue - Woodinville, WA
Café Fondue - Merrillville, IN
Dante's Down the Hatch - Atlanta, GA
La Fondue Chessel - Keystone, CO
Fondue Fred - Berkeley, CA
Fondue Room - Mt Clemens, MI
Forever Fondue - La Jolla, California and San Diego, CA
Geja's Café - Chicago, IL
La Fondue Bourguignonne - Sherman Oaks,CA
Magic Pot Fondue Bistro - Edgewater, NJ
Mona Lisa Fondue Restaurant - Nampa, ID
Potpourri Fondue Restaurant - Mentor, OH
Simply Fondue - Dallas, TX
