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今日は、総務担当のお姉さんとランチ。
I had lunch with my female colleague today.
前回行けなかった近くの超有名なとんかつ屋さんへ。開店40分前に到着すると、待っている人は１人しかおらず、前評判ほど混んではいなかった。
We decided to try a Tonkatsu restaurant near the office that we hadn’t visited before. Since it’s a very famous restaurant, we arrived there 40 minutes before their opening time and secured the second spot in line. Surprisingly, it wasn’t as crowded as its online reputation had suggested.
おそらく、このクソ暑い中、とんかつを食べる人は少ないのであろう。
In my opinion, perhaps people were less inclined to eat Tonkatsu in the scorching weather.
並んでいる中で、後ろの人に話を聞いてみると、とんかつではなくチキンカツが有名とのこと。なので、とんかつとチキンカツをそれぞれ頼んでお姉さんとシェアすることに。たしかに、周りの人のほとんどがチキンカツを頼んでいたし、先にチキンカツが売り切れになっていた。
While waiting in line, we struck up conversations with the people behind us, and they recommended trying the chicken cutlet. So, we decided to order both the Tonkatsu and chicken cutlet and share them. As the people had suggested, most of the customers opted for the chicken cutlet, and it ran out of stock earlier than the Tonkatsu.
実際に食べてみると、たしかにウマい！とくにチキンカツのむね肉は、いつも食べているものとは全く違うジューシーさがあり、感動する味だった。これなら2,000円払う価値はある！
We realized that the restaurant’s reputation was well-deserved. The chicken cutlet, especially the chicken breast, was much tender and juicier than usual, leaving us quite impressed. It was definitely worth the 2,000 yen we paid for lunch.
To be continued.
