FORTUNE COOKIE SAY....NOT AFTER EATING PHO

On my first blog looking at Pho Kevin I mentioned that I did not get a fortune cookie after my meal.  Clearly, an ignorant comment from me as my friend pointed out that Fortune Cookies only come after an Americanized Chinese meal.  So, I thought I would do some research on these cookies and provide what I found to you my dear readers as this is interesting.







Upon my researching,  I have to post this here that I stumbled upon the website/blog The Fortune Cookie Cronicles.  I figured what a great place to start my research on these cookies.  However, what I found was even more interesting to me.  Apparently there is a movie out right now which enters around a Chinese Food staple, General Tso's Chicken.  I will post the trailer here because I love it and I thought, well if they can make a movie about that, why can't someone make a movie about PHO?

So, back to research on fortune cookies: It seems everywhere I check there are different ideas of how the cookie began and where it came from.  Of course, I have learned that as American's we need some sort of reward after our meal and thus the fortune cookie was used to placate our desires. Upon reading Pints of History the following paragraph on their site answers my actual question here as it refers to PHO and Japanese Restaurants in America:

"Why do we see fortune cookies as Chinese, rather than Japanese? During World War II, America (shamefully) imprisoned much of its Japanese population, particularly in California — and that included Makoto Hagiwara. With Japanese-American businesses closed, Chinese-Americans cornered the fortune cookie market, and the rest of the country came to identify them with Chinese food."

So, if this was lost due to some horrible crazy imprisonment, what do the Japanese Restaurants do to make up for that need by American's to have our reward after finishing our meal?  Although not entirely Japanese and actually Taiwanese, I feel that maybe and this is my opinion the addition of Bubble Tea may just be the answer.  To find more about this drink click here Bubble Tea

I have not had this drink, although I know an avid blogger reader of mine has and I think maybe I should branch out and try it myself.  Maybe add it to my reviews along with the appetizer and main PHO dish.  This is for sure a constant trail of blogging for me.  I hope you are enjoying it so far.