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Japanese Tea Garden

Garden · Golden Gate Park ·

Japanese Tea Garden

Garden · Golden Gate Park ·
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Classic Foods and Cocktails Invented in the San Francisco Bay Area - Eater SF

"Though a couple of Los Angeles bakers have tried to claim credit for creating the fortune cookie, food historians agree that the most reliable origin story comes from San Francisco. The reason is this: A very similar looking cookie existed in Japan dating back to the 19th century, though it was a savory variety flavored with miso, and there is also a tradition in Japan called omikuji in which random fortunes are written on slips of paper. Japanese immigrant Makoto Hagiwara, who opened San Francisco’s Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park in 1894, is said to have ordered the sweet, folded cookies from San Francisco confectioner Benkyodo (which is still open in Japantown) in 1918, so they could be served at the tea garden. The move into Chinese restaurants came during World War II, when most of SF’s Japanese-Americans were put in internment camps. The Smithsonian says that Chinese businessmen then took the opportunity to copy the recipe and market the cookies to Chinese restaurants, and the rest is history. You’ll find them almost anywhere in Chinatown, but look out for the small, delicious-smelling Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory." - Jay C. Barmann

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Historic garden offering tea, snacks, and fortune cookies

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Historic garden offering tea, snacks, and fortune cookies

japanese garden
tea house
peaceful
serene
gift shop
small
crowded
udon
Google Rating
4.5 (16.1K)
Yelp Rating
4.1
Featured in The Infatuation
Featured in
Featured in Eater
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Featured in Conde Nast Traveler
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75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118 Get directions

$$

See Menu
Credit card accepted
Debit card accepted
Contactless accepted
Free street parking
Paid parking garage
Japanese Tea Garden by null
Japanese Tea Garden by Getty
Japanese Tea Garden by Photo Moritz Wolf/age fotostock
Japanese Tea Garden by Getty
Japanese Tea Garden by Karen Neoh/Flickr
Japanese Tea Garden by Lani Conway
Japanese Tea Garden by Lani Conway
Japanese Tea Garden by Getty
Japanese Tea Garden by Getty
Japanese Tea Garden by Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Japanese Tea Garden by Photo Moritz Wolf/age fotostock
Japanese Tea Garden by Photo Moritz Wolf/age fotostock
Japanese Tea Garden by Lani Conway
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