Olive Garden - Onalaska, WI

Tonight warranted a visit to Olive Garden with friends.

Our family treated on the Smoked Mozzarella Fonduta for an appetizer.  It was yummy.  With the first bite, it was described as grilled.  It definitely tasted like something that had been grilled which gave it that smoked flavor.  The cheese was wonderful and the bread was soft.

For our entrees, we had the following:

• Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks
• Steak Gorgonzola-Alfredo (without the Gorgonzola)
• Capellini di Mare

The salad and breadsticks were to die for as always.  Every basket of breadsticks was soft and warm.  The salad was fresh and plentiful.

The Steak (Gorgonzola) Alfredo was delicious.  I ordered the steak medium.  I am not a gorgonzola fan, so I ordered without the gorgonzola.  There were four pieces of steak, approximately 2 ounces each probably. I was a little concerned that the dish would be overpowered with the taste of the alfredo since there was clearly a lot more of the noodles and alfredo sauce.  However, it ended up being just the right amount to pull out the flavor of the meat.  The sauce over the meat was very subtle, yet flavorful which came as a surprise.

The Capellini di Mare was good as well.  A full review of this dish will be coming soon.

Pizza Corral - Holmen, WI

If you are looking for a place to sit down for pizza, broasted chicken, and beer then look no further.

Pizza Corral is located on Highway 35 in Holmen, Wisconsin.  They make some of the best pizza.  Tonight was the Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza, which was very good.  The meat on the pizza was very tasty and the bacon was cooked perfectly.  We also had the four-piece white meat chicken dinner with broasted potatoes.  The chicken was moist and tender.  The skin was cooked just right with very little grease, which is always a good thing.  The potatoes were cooked thoroughly and were soft, possibly too soft but still delicious.

Top it off with a pitcher of beer and life couldn't get much better.

I will say, with some reservation, that we also got the three tacos which was a mistake tonight.  They weren't the best.  Now it is possible, this was just tonight, but since we have never had the tacos there we are unable to say for certain.  

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