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...potato" and Filet-O-Fish as "fish hamburgers." Customers today are more familiar with the fare. Big Macs are on offer. So are 100-yen (92?) cheeseburgers and sandwiches with steamed buns, popular because they are cheap and soft. "Toasted buns are too hard for them," explains manager Hayato Akasako. "They like the Filet-O-Fish and the shrimp burger." Akasako says the elderly don't necessarily bridle at the new and unfamiliar. Some pay for their meals with electronic coupons downloaded to their mobile phones, even if they occasionally need to be coached in how to use them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Tokyo | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...simply "potato" or Filet-o-Fish as "fish hamburgers"; most are items now ordered by more familiar names and some, like the 100-yen cheese burger and sandwiches with steamed buns, are popular because they are cheap or soft. "Toasted buns are too hard for them," says manager Hayato Akasako. "They like the Filet-o-Fish and the shrimp burger." Akasako also says the elderly don't shy from trying new things. Upon ordering, some of them now present downloaded electronic coupons on the screens of their mobile phones, even if they occasionally don't know how to use them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Gray Is the New Black | 2/4/2008 | See Source »

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