The Fortune Cookie Chronicles


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  • Archive for August 15th, 2010

    Is there a connection between the Dutch and the Japanese fortune cookies?

    Sunday, August 15th, 2010

    I went to the National Museum of Singapore, and spotted these Dutch “pancake grills” that carry an incredibly strong resemblance to the Japanese kata that were used to make the original fortune cookies. It made me wonder if there was a Dutch influence to the original fortune cookies. The cookies made here seemed to be […]