Submitted 12/18/24. "Chai Chenak Cafe" is a Paikistani restaurant -- the name is written in Urdu (Arabic) script as چائی چناک کیفے on the small panel to the left. Chai (meaning "spiced tea") is a borrowing into English from Arabic or Russian, but originated in China as 茶 (or chá, in pinying). meaning "tea". "Cafe" as a coffee house, was borrowed into English from French, based on Italian "caffe" for the drink, which was borrowed from Turkish or Arabic. "Chenak" seems to be a type of tea associated with Tharparkar, Pakistan.
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Submitted 12/18/24. "Rakkii" is the Romanized (English) spelling of Japanese ラッキー, meaning "lucky". "Ramen" is the romanized (English) spelling of ラメン, meaning long noodles, actually a borrowing from Mandarin 拉面 or "lāmiàn" in pinying, meaning "hand-pulled noodles". Low on the glass window, there is an ad for a delivery service whose Chinese name is written in pinying and characters.
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