{"id":5791,"date":"2026-09-29T18:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=5791"},"modified":"2026-09-29T18:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:39:08","slug":"the-smell-of-steak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=5791","title":{"rendered":"The Smell of Steak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They arrive at the hotel and immediately smell grilled meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banani assumes the restaurant must be good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ravioli remains silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Papaia starts checking in at the reception desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banani<br>\u201cWhat time does the restaurant close?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The receptionist tells him there is no restaurant, only a bar, and it is currently closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Papaia hands over the registration form, and the receptionist asks him to pay for the room: \u20ac200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Papaia looks for the cash, but then remembers he gave it to Ravioli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ravioli says he didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, they sit down on the sofa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While they are arguing, a guest approaches Ravioli at the reception desk and returns a small glass bottle that he saw fall out of Ravioli\u2019s pocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Papaia asks him for the bottle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It turns out to be an expensive, famous perfume with a steak fragrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It costs \u20ac200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banani realizes where the money went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ravioli lowers his head in embarrassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Igor comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Igor<br>\u201cPerfect\u2026 everyone has their own illusion. Ravioli wants to believe he\u2019s always at a restaurant, and I was foolish enough to think that, just this once, I wouldn\u2019t have to spend the night on the sofa.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They arrive at the hotel and immediately smell grilled meat. Banani assumes the restaurant must be good. Ravioli remains silent. Papaia starts checking in at the reception desk. Banani\u201cWhat time does the restaurant close?\u201d The receptionist tells him there is no restaurant, only a bar, and it is currently closed. Papaia hands over the registration &#8230; <a title=\"The Smell of Steak\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=5791\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Smell of Steak\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5792,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791\/revisions\/5792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}