{"id":4192,"date":"2025-07-21T14:03:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?p=4192"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:03:50","slug":"meerkat-prompts-the-menu-taste-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?p=4192","title":{"rendered":"Meerkat Prompts: The Menu Taste Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The year was 2016, and the occasion was an invitation to try out a new menu at a local Italian restaurant. As this was an invite, we were only paying for drinks, and in exchange my wife, daughter and I would offer our fair impressions of the menu. We got to eat a decent amount of food, something that will never disappoint this meerkat!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-19.png 720w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-19-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pizza bread!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4196\" style=\"width:720px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-21.png 720w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-21-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Risotto balls, which were really nice, despite the presence of mushrooms!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-23.png 720w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-23-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A mushroom dish, a chicken dish, and a pancetta dish walk into a bar&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-25.png 720w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-25-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An assortment of gelatos, including salted caramel, chocolate orange, and banoffee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The whole experience was pretty good, and it certainly gave me food (heh) for thought. However, the event that had me sniggering was the presentation of my daughter&#8217;s ice cream. See if you can guess why:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-27.png 720w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-27-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nothing to see here!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Have you ever seen such a rude dessert! Someone surely knew exactly what they were doing when they put that all together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a lovely evening. Alas, I don&#8217;t recall any similar opportunities, but it&#8217;s worth keeping an eye out for this sort of thing. All sorts of businesses want people to trial new products and services. Cue the freebies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?page_id=122\">Back to Meerkat Prompts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year was 2016, and the occasion was an invitation to try out a new menu at a local Italian restaurant. 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