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cheese fondue (a Swiss dish of melted cheese eaten communally with bread, vegetables, etc.)
A communal Swiss/French dish in which cheese is melted in a small pot (typically with white wine and seasonings) and kept warm at the table. Diners use long forks to dip pieces of bread, boiled potatoes, vegetables, or sausage into the molten cheese. In Japan, チーズフォンデュ is a popular dinner-party and restaurant dish, especially in winter.
チーズフォンデュ is a loanword based on French "fondue (au fromage)," referring to the Swiss/French communal dish of melted cheese into which diners dip bites of bread or vegetables. In Japan it is associated especially with romantic dinners, winter parties, and trendy restaurants.
Common collocations
- チーズフォンデュにする: to make / decide on cheese fondue
- チーズフォンデュを作る: to make cheese fondue
- チーズフォンデュにつける / つけて食べる: to dip (something) into cheese fondue and eat it
- チーズフォンデュ鍋: cheese fondue pot
- チーズフォンデュ専用の鍋: special pot for cheese fondue
Related words
- フォンデュ: fondue (the general term, can also refer to chocolate fondue, etc.)
- チョコフォンデュ / チョコレートフォンデュ: chocolate fondue
- 鍋料理: hot-pot dish (a broader Japanese category that fondue is felt to belong to)
- ラクレット: raclette (a related cheese-melting dish from the same region)
- 溶けるチーズ: melting cheese (often sold for fondue or pizza)
Usage
- The standard verb for what diners do with the fondue is つける ("to dip") combined with 食べる: パンをチーズフォンデュに付けて食べる.
- Although technically of Swiss origin, in Japan chocolate fondue (チョコフォンデュ) is so popular at dessert buffets that フォンデュ on its own is sometimes ambiguous; using the full term チーズフォンデュ avoids confusion.
Related Words
Related:
鍋料理 (hot-pot dish)