Two and one-half hours.
That is how long our anniversary dinner took. And we did not mind one bit.
Perhaps Barb and I are simply not used to going to nice restaurants. Perhaps really nice restaurants serve you at a slower pace. We just wouldn’t know that. We don’t go out to dinner, and when we do, it’s likely to be to Cracker Barrel, or Outback if it is a special occasion.
In and out in one hour. Satisfied.
But thanks to the generosity of our two at-home daughters (offering money and babysitting) and thanks to a discounted certificate from Restaurant.com (you should check that out), we went to the Sarasota Melting Pot.
The Melting Pot is a fondue restaurant. Little chunks of food are brought to you. You stick them on a long fork, and put them in a hot pot on your table. The appetizer (cheese) and dessert (chocolate) is a dipping exercise. The main course involves actually cooking the meat in the pot.
Because of the process, dinner here takes quite a bit longer than a normal night out. And that is exactly what we want when on an anniversary date.
Thanks H and J!