Urban Fondue

October 19, 2012

Date #54

This weekend my parents came to visit so they joined us for date night tonight, this is not their first time either. While planning this visit they told me they had put a list together of restaurants they wanted to try from previous date nights. I thought to myself it would be fun to go to one of the fondue restaurants as we could celebrate my dad’s 75th birthday, but later talked myself out of it because we used to do fondues all the time when I was younger and I thought they would like to try something different. To my amazement while talking on the phone to my dad a few weeks before they came he told me he would like to try a fondue restaurant, sold!
Of the two fondue restaurants we have tried, we decided on Urban Fondue because we like non-chain restaurants so much better. We were taken to a cozy booth with high cushioned backs and pillows to sit on; it was very private and quiet. We ordered a few fancy drinks to start and 2 cheese fondues, a white cheddar and caraway, and a brie and gorgonzola with roasted hazelnuts. They came with bread but we also ordered house made Italian and French garlic sausage. When the fondues arrived, the talking quieted due to the scrumptiousness of the offerings. We had the cheddar one before which was amazing, but the brie and gorgonzola was out of this world. This surprises me because I didn’t think I liked gorgonzola.
The next course consisted of steak, pork, and veggies for Chuck and I, and steak and lobster for my parents, and we did share. Also included with this course were many different types of sauces to dip your nuggets into after they are cooked to perfection in the stewing liquid of tomato fennel broth, and urban yosenabe. Our wonderful waiter told us which sauces went with each meat and vegetable, but by the time he was done explaining each sauce we forgot which sauce went with what meat, but it didn’t matter they all tasted good together. Chuck added a bit of every sauce to his plate and mixed them all together, yummy!

By this time we were all very full, but we couldn’t not skip the best course…dessert. We chose a milk chocolate and roasted hazelnut fondue. Included as dippers were chocolate chip and peanut butter cookie dough, cream puffs, donuts, banana, strawberries, and dried fruit. Decadence is an understatement, if you have never tried a chocolate fondue this is not something to miss. Maybe next time we will just go for dessert…
The night was amazing, full of eating and drinking, talking and laughing, just a really good time. Thank goodness the car was parked a few blocks away, sitting in the car right away would not have been a good idea. We still have 3 more days of fun, let it begin!