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Types of Fondue and restaurants that serve them
Several years ago I worked for a company that had a business office Belgium, Belgian and some employees came and visited our offices for business. As I was talking to one of them, the object was raised a fondue. I casually mentioned this favorite restaurant fondue mine, and marvels at the exquisite chocolate fondue served.
At first glance, a look of horror came disbelief. He had the same expression, which must have had when I saw spam sushi Hawaii for the first time. For him, it was good cheese fondue, chocolate fondue and one was an counterfeiting, something against nature. Any notion of Americans as an uneducated savage, decadent and people should have been confirmed in his eyes.
However, we have chocolate fondue, and I am eternally grateful. More precisely, we have to thank Konrad Egli, a Swiss (!) Chief who created New York restaurant Swiss Chalet in 1964. He had begun prior to popularize fondue through more traditional restaurant with both the style and method of cheese cooking meat cubes hot oil (fondue).
"Well, introducing an element of chocolate, the craze really took off. Fondue has become an element of popular dinner menu in the U.S. along the 60 and 70 and began to be popular again.
Fondue originated in the mountains Switzerland, where poor farmers have little to support them, with the exception of gruyere cheese, bread and wine. The rural poor. To make these meager ingredients, combined to create what became the "fondue" traditional, hard cheese melted with wine in a common clay pot and turn the bread to soak in the mixture palatable.
Fondue Bourguignonne, by contrast, is a French creation. Born of necessity, a medieval monk under the name of the Putzxe Johann had the idea. He has worked in the vineyards of Burgundy and needed a convenient way to eat the grapes at harvest. A pot of hot oil which can be set near wet and tasty morsels of meat Cook, while he worked was the solution.
Today, there are several types of fondue available on the market. There are burners that are heated by tea lights, butane, alcohol and electricity. For cheese and chocolate fondue, fondue traditional call used. This is typically ceramic or terracotta. An enameled iron or copper pot is used for fondue.
If you do not want to deal with the mess and hassle of home fondue (fondue pots can be difficult to clean up after meals), there are many restaurants specializing in fondue that you can go. My favorite La Fondue in Saratoga, California, is curiously decorated with a romantic, a little gothic atmosphere that resembles the kind of place Cirque du Soleil would go for lunch.
Various styles of cheese fondue are available, such as the Mediterranean (Cheddar, beer and sun-dried tomatoes) and smelly Rose (Swiss wine and garlic). For the fondue, exotic meats like wild boar and ostrich are offered, and tasty dipping sauces.
The chocolate fondue, however, is to die for. With your choice of chocolate (milk, sour or white) and flavorings (Amaretto, Irish Cream and others), can dunk in pieces of snicker bars, marshmallows, strawberries, apples, bananas and biscuits.
Bring a big appetite when you come here you have room for all tasty dishes.
If you want to experience the fun and novelty of the fondue Here is a selection of restaurants that can be smelt in your area:
The Crucible – 70 restaurants across the country
Boiling Point Fondue – Woodinville, WA
Fondue Cafe – Merrillville, IN
Dante's Down the Hatch – Atlanta, GA
Der Fondue Chessel – Keystone, CO
Fondue Fred – Berkeley, California
Fondue House – Mount Clemens, MI
Forever Fondue – La Jolla, California and San Diego, CA
Geja Café – Chicago, IL
Fondue Bourguignonne The Sherman Oaks – CA
The Bistro Magic Pot Fondue – Edgewater, New Jersey
Restaurant Mona Lisa Fondue – Nampa, ID
Potpourri Fondue Restaurant – Mentor, Ohio
What Just Fondue in Dallas – TX
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