GustoKai

Last Saturday was a day that will go down in the books as a day to never forget!!

We, and our dear friends, spent 12 hours--Yes, 12--at Skylark Gusto!!!!!!!!

A little background, Gusto is a nation-wide restaurant chain that is famous for its drink bar. No, it's not an alcohol bar silly! It is just like a salad bar but with drinks such as coffee, tea, juice, and soda. Now to many of you this doesn't seem very exciting, "Who needs a drink bar when you can get free refills anyway--duh!" you may say, but no my friends this is not true. In Japan very few restaurants offer free refills, which indeed is a great tragedy even more when the normal Japanese large size would easily match an American small size. Therefore, all this makes Gusto so greatly appealing to all who enter its doors.

Next piece of background, Gusto allows you to stay at your table for...well...forever. Either this is its policy or they are too Japanese and don't want to confront any customers to make them leave. In fact, our own eye witness attests to this remarkable truth as we one time observed a girl sleeping at a table for two hours with no interruptions. Regardless, the time is idly spent once at a Gusto table. Three hours is a standard.

Now with all this background you can see the reasoning we have in our endeavor. We have dreamt of this day for many a moon, and the day came and went--in all its glory. We arrived in time for breakfast at 9am. The party started with only 4 but quickly grew to seven, and then the games began. We started with a great: Imagine If. Lunch came with appetizers such as french fries, pizzas, and salads. Following lunch was a game of Citadels; a great little strategic card game. Next up was a round of homemade Who Knew It. Dinner followed with regulars like hamburger steaks, Gusto burgers, Gratin, and Pasta. The day was finished with a rowdy game of Apples To Apples. Through out all the festivities was the common trek to the drink bar and the also common trek to the bathrooms. We finally walked out of Gusto at 9:15pm. A short day but a most splendourious superbly awesometastic day!