Last weekend, Tony and I went down to the
Natick Collection (read: mall) to do some shopping. Then our tummies starting growling. And of course, it was so much easier to stay inside a warm and cozy mall than venture out into the cold New England air in search of the
Melting Pot restaurant that I wanted to check out. So we ended up getting burgers at the
Met Grill & Bar.
Yummy burgers, I might add.
This was our second time at this restaurant. (Yes, I really do like
Nordstrom.) Last time, we sat at the bar and watched the
Pats game. This time, we sat at the back of the restaurant and it was quite cozy. They have a regular menu with grilled items, and then they have the burger menu. You basically pick your meat (beef, turkey, veggie, and they even have
Kobe beef) and then whatever else you want on top from all sorts of shee-shee things. Hey. I like shee-shee things on my burger. Ahem.
Anyway, I went bunless again this time (stupid
sesame seeds I can't eat on a bun) and this time it just came on the plate as is which was a tad disappointing because last time it was served in a little bowl on top of a yummy
arugula salad. Oh well. And yes, they did forget the sauteed mushrooms. Oh and they forgot Tony's cheese. Okay, well, so we're still debating whether they forgot these things or if our waitress forgot to tell them. Anywho.
They were good. Good, juicy, tasty, burgers. I had Manchego cheese on mine this time with a
garlic aioli on the side. Yum-o as
Ms. Ray would say. But the best part of the whole meal?
The fricken onion rings! Man-oh-man! These are sooooo good! They are super thin pieces of onion fried in such a yummy batter. We got the 50/50 basket of rings and sweets (sweet potatoes) and I have to say the sweets are a very close second.
So overall, would we go there again? Of course. It's a nice restaurant, great burgers, and they serve a really good
Carmenere wine from
Chile.
Tony had a Met burger with Swiss cheese. We had bad luck with them forgetting to put his cheese on the last two times we've been there but thank goodness they remembered this time.
I had my usual bunless Met burger in a bowl with arugula, sauteed mushrooms, and a side of roasted garlic aioli. No kissy kissy tonight with my garlic breath!
But the thing that makes you do a Jesus-Mary-and-Joseph is the massive basket of "Sweets & Rings" that comes out and takes up half the table. LOL Okay, maybe not half but you get the idea. This thing was oozing with their yummy, string, onion rings and huge slabs of fried sweet potatoes. Diet? Wha? Nothing but goodness here. And a couple of stuffed pigs. Yikes.
