TAMPA (Yosefardi) – The Melting Pot® Restaurants, Inc., the world’s premier fondue restaurant and a leading polished casual dining franchise, has on Monday (March 23) opened its first restaurant in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The latest opening comes on the heels of the company announcing its plans for continued international expansion. The Melting Pot is on track to open its first restaurants in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia later this year, as well as its fourth location in Mexico City, Mexico.

The Jakarta restaurant is one of five restaurants to be built in Indonesia by Ramon Liando, a native Indonesian with 15 years of foodservice experience. The second restaurant is also slated to open in Jakarta by 2016.

The Melting Pot operates more than 130 restaurants in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and now Southeast Asia, and has more than 20 locations in development internationally.