What comes with the check at almost every Chinese restaurant? Fortune cookies. Like orange slices after a blood draw, they're a given. But how did they come to be? Are they really Chinese? And if so, why do they serve them at the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park? “I like to say that the Japanese invented them, the Chinese popularized them, but the Americans ultimately consume them,” says author Jennifer 8. Lee, who traced the history of the American fortune cookie in her book, “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures In the World of Chinese Food.” Head to the 🔗 link in bio for the full #BayCurious story. ✍🏼: Suzie Racho 📹: Sruti Mamidanna, Stephanie Lister, @myroncaringal