Fluno Center UW-Madison, Turkey Mignon?

With close-up views of campus, the capitol and the lake high atop the 8th floor of the Fluno building how can you go wrong? I attended a meet and greet cocktail hour that was held in a foyer that included a small bar and a large terrace area for fantastic views. Later dinner was served in the Skyview room adjacent to the patio area and was finely decorated with rich woods and other modern materials. A better than average dinner salad was produced, but is reminiscent of the campus' standard fair found at most of the other campus unions events. For dinner there was a choice between Turkey Mignon wrapped in bacon, pork with cranberry sauce, or a vegetarian calzone. I tried the turkey and was pleasantly surprised with the quality and taste. It certainly does not rival its 'real' beef counterpart, but had a tender texture and was light on the salty smoked flavor that one finds with a lot of pre-prepared turkey cuts. There was some question about which meal was which and our waitress noted that you could tell that this one was the turkey because "Mignon means cute, but it must also mean wrapped in bacon." A slow grin grew across my face and on the face of one other person at our table who later claimed to know a little French, but everyone one else at our table chuckled in the cute joke that the waitress had just made. The service was great though and all of the waitstaff was friendly and attentive. For desert we were served a delicious piece of dense flourless cake with a raspberry coulee. This was quite unexpected and had the consistency and richness of decadent desserts served in France.

In general you might only dine at the Skyview room if you are on official business with the UW or celebrating with someone in the business school, but I encourage you to partake in the dessert and enjoy the views!

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