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The previous price was AU$10 and current price is AU$8 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 4m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Crack open San Francisco's most famous culinary illusion. Wander from glowing banquet halls and gilded dragon eaves to temple sanctuaries and historic bakeries as we unmask the real origin of the fortune cookie. Trace its journey from nineteenth-century Kyoto shrine crackers to the Japanese Tea Garden, reveal how the wartime trauma of Executive Order 9066 severed Japanese bakeries from their creations, and discover how Chinese entrepreneurs reinvented the treat for American diners. It is an extraordinary tale of survival, commercial theatre, and culinary reinvention.

    • A 3.5 km self-guided tour with 8 stops over 124 min
    • Ideal for travellers interested in Foodways and Culinary Identity and Identity, Migration and Globalization
    • Immersively told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Matching audio content, AI guide and navigation through the app

Activity location

  • 631 Grant Ave
    • 631 Grant Avenue
    • 94108, San Francisco, California, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 631 Grant Ave
    • 631 Grant Avenue
    • 94108, San Francisco, California, United States

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Podcast Tour San Francisco: The Fortune Cookie Mystery in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 4 minutes2h 4m
    2h 4m
  • Opening hours: Tue 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Price details
AU$9.58
AU$7.66 x 1 AdultAU$7.66
Total
The previous price was AU$9.58 and current price is AU$7.66
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Verified facts woven into an engaging storey
  • Inclusions
    Interactive in-app guide for questions about the storey and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Precise navigation between the stops
  • Inclusions
    Immersive podcast-style audio featuring experts and locals

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

631 Grant Ave

  • 10m
Historic 1920 banquet hall demonstrating how restaurateurs adapted multi-course meals to create an American market for fortune cookies.

Grant Avenue & Bush Street

  • 10m
The ornamental gateway erected in 1970, marking the commercial branding that transformed Chinatown into a stage for tourist novelties.

125 Waverly Pl

  • 10m
Chinatown's historic place of worship, illustrating the sacred practice of kau chim divination versus secular novelty fortunes.

965 Clay St

  • 10m
Former Chinatown YWCA designed by Julia Morgan, marking the historical hinge of Executive Order 9066 and Japanese American internment.

56 Ross Alley

  • 10m
Sensory heart of hand-folded production on Ross Alley, showcasing rapid manual folding over metal posts.

733 Kearny St

  • 10m
Chinatown's public living room, setting the stage for the hilarious 1983 mock trial over the cookie's geographic invention.

1328 Stockton St

  • 10m
Stockton Street institution that popularised customised fortunes for advertising, politics, and post-war American culture.

720 Grant Ave

  • 10m
Chinatown's oldest legacy pastry shop (est. 1924), contrasting Americanized fortune cookies with authentic Cantonese mooncakes and pastries.

Location

Activity location

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    631 Grant Ave
    • 631 Grant Avenue
    • 94108, San Francisco, California, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    631 Grant Ave
    • 631 Grant Avenue
    • 94108, San Francisco, California, United States

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