Chapter 13: I’m Full
We passed another group of students as we rounded the drugstore and entered the restaurant where Asanagi previously made her reservation.
“This is… Kushikatsu restaurant?” (T/N: Kushikatsu is deep-fried skewered meat/veggies)
“Yeah. I mean, isn’t it obvious from the signboard?”
As Asanagi said, there was a signboard with the store’s name, lighting up the narrow alley. Obviously, I could read it, but that wasn’t what I meant when I asked her the question.
“This place looks more like an Izakaya than anything… Are we really going to eat here?” (T/N: Izakaya is essentially a Japanese-styled bar)
The time was right before the peak hours, so the place wasn’t packed, but most of the customers were businessmen in their suits and the youngest among them were university students…
If two high school students like us entered such a place, wouldn’t it seem a bit out of place?
“It’s fine. This is a chain restaurant. I heard that they recently added family-friendly menus too. Everything will be okay as long as you don’t drink alcohol. Besides, this place is cheap and during this time of the day, it isn’t crowded.”
There were a lot of family restaurants and fast-food chains nearby, but most of them were filled to the brim with people. They were mostly high school students like us, which was understandable since it was the weekend after all.