Guías e historias

Guides to Canadian ginseng and dried goods, and stories from our shop in Montreal's Chinatown.

Carmen talking at a table inside Fosetter, with ginseng packages and a globe on the shelves beside her.
Nuestra historia

2001, a Two-Dollar Card, and What I Learned from My Mother

I came over in 2001, and it cost two dollars to open a card at the Chinese service centre. Carmen on her first days in Montreal and what she learned from her mother.

Nuestra historiaThe Fosetter herbal tea window in Montreal Chinatown

Two Years to Get In, Five to Learn the Way, Ten to Sharpen One Sword

Two years to get in, five years to learn the way, ten years to sharpen one sword. Carmen on stock, her own brand, and the box that was a third root hairs.

Nuestra historiaCarmen, owner of Fosetter, in her shop in Montreal Chinatown

I Started Selling Popsicles at Seven

I started selling popsicles when I was seven. Carmen tells how a love of selling led from restaurants to a ginseng shop in Montreal's Chinatown.