I recall visiting a Japanese establishment some twelve years ago where there was a comparatively primitive machine with text-labelled plastic buttons near the entrance on which you could select your desired options and get a punched ticket that would serve as your order. I gleefully anticipated using it (and to heck with the consequences), but they insisted on giving me a menu with pictures.
Nowadays of course online ordering and touchscreen kiosks are increasingly commonplace even hereabouts, which is excellent, because some days “medium coffee, two milk, two sweeteners” just doesn’t seem to get across to the cashier.
