The origin of fortune cookie

/kloc-in the 0/9th century, there was a kind of cake similar to the American fortune cookie in Tokyo, Japan, and there was a tradition of drawing lots for divination in Japanese temples, which was called imperial divination. Japanese cookies have the same shape, but there are several differences: for example, they are larger; Use darker dough; Use sesame and miso instead of vanilla and cream; The note is embedded in the cake, not the hollow part. This kind of biscuit is called "street pancake" and is still sold in some places in Japan.

Most people who claim to introduce this kind of cake to the United States are Japanese, on the grounds that bakers have modified the methods they learned in Japan.

The Japanese-style tea garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco is said to be the first person to introduce American fortune cookies to the United States. It was produced by a Kazuo shop in San Francisco in the1890s and1900s. David Jung, the founder of Hong Kong noodle company in Los Angeles, also claimed that he invented fortune cookie in 19 18.

After Shuke Yi invented the fortune cookie machine in Oakland, California, the fortune cookie industry flourished. Mass production of fortune cookie reduced its price and became a well-known dessert in China restaurants in the United States today.