The Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, in San Francisco’s Chinatown, makes their cookies by hand. The cookies start flat, as the batter gets baked and pressed into small sheets.

Open a fortune cookie, and you may find a wise piece of advice. But fortune cookie writer Donald Lau’s only hope is that the fortune cookie leaves you happy.

Open a fortune cookie, and you may find a wise piece of advice. But fortune cookie writer Donald Lau’s only hope is that the fortune cookie leaves you happy.

Open a fortune cookie, and you may find a wise piece of advice. But fortune cookie writer Donald Lau’s only hope is that the fortune cookie leaves you happy.