The Haiku Kookie is the Japanese restaurateurs alternative to the Chinese Fortune Cookie.

 

What is “Haiku”?  Haiku is a very popular form of Japanese poetry with origins going back many centuries.  Haiku’s are very short written expressions that convey a vivid impression, usually only three short lines averaging twelve syllables, but never more than seventeen.

 

A Haiku is a first impression, like a snapshot that strikes the mind suddenly upon feeling, seeing, hearing or thinking about something, someone or some event.  Consequently the written words are akin to shorthand, devoid of proper sentence structure, grammar, punctuation or spelling, it is just the simplistic basics of the perception are noted.  The beauty of Haiku is this simplicity which can convey so much awareness and meaning.

 

Modern Haiku is now practiced throughout the world and covers every conceivable subject. The Internet must be given credit for bringing Haiku to the masses.  Just go to the Google Search Engine or Amazon.com and type in “haiku” and be prepared for a deluge of Haiku information and books from all over the world.

 

What is a “Haiku Kookie”?  A Haiku Kookie is the Japanese restaurateurs answer to the Chinese Fortune Cookie.  When you finish a Chinese meal you usually receive with the bill a few Fortune Cookies, in a Japanese restaurant you only get the bill.  But from this day forth forward thinking Japanese restaurants will provide tasty rolled almond cookies containing a Haiku.  Simply snap the rolled cookie in half, eat, read, discuss, ponder and enjoy.

 

Sample Haiku’s – Japanese Restaurant – Humor

 

comes the bill                          that much ugh but also a haiku	shrimp tempura many vegetables where is shrimp	korean bar-b-q very low price where is fido
poor little haiku cookie poetry in almond shell eaten pondered forgotten	pork udon very hot many thick noodles very thin pork	chicken curry rice lots of rice mo skoshi chicken
whats this  is sake looks like water drive very carefully	fugu on sale amateur chef sayonara	picture menu 10 shrimp and nice big ones 8 small shrimp served
hot sake very smooth romance abounds morning no wallet	cold asahi beer big brown bottle very nice	live worm in sushi maggot in  rice no extra charge
is sushi fresh of course why is it green	thursdays special plate assorted mondays sushi waiter disappeared	pretty girl at sushi bar flirting with sushi chef small finger with tuna