Hướng dẫn và câu chuyện

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

A customer's handwritten review note on the Fosetter counter.
Chuyện ở cửa hàng

103 Reviews, and Not One of Them From a Scanned Code

103 reviews in one morning, and not one came from an AI scan-code generator. A Fosetter team member on the little essays, and the vegetables, that older customers bring in themselves.

Chuyện ở cửa hàngTalking by the counter inside Fosetter, with red lanterns and a lion dance banner in the background.

Our Mid-Autumn Mooncake List Is the Same Every Year

Every Mid-Autumn Fosetter has a mooncake list, and it's the same every year: suppliers, the landlord, customers. Carmen explains who's on it and why.

Chuyện ở cửa hàngA Fosetter staff member smiling behind the counter, with shelves of ginseng and gift boxes behind her.

Sometimes They Buy Thirty Boxes, and the Whole Suitcase Is Ginseng

No clothes, just thirty boxes of ginseng. A Fosetter staff member on who buys American ginseng and where it ends up.

Chuyện ở cửa hàngA young woman smiling and a young man drinking from a cup at Fosetter's tea window counter.

You Drink More Than You Sell

He drinks at least five ginseng honey lemons a day. His defence? He sold two popsicles on Monday. To his own friend.

Chuyện ở cửa hàngCarmen smiling at a table inside Fosetter, with shelves of ginseng and dried goods behind her.

The Day Karate Kid Asked to Film in Our Shop

A Karate Kid production starring Jackie Chan asked to film inside Fosetter. Even when they offered to pay, Carmen said no. Here's why.

Chuyện ở cửa hàngTwo Fosetter team members laughing among stacked boxes inside the shop, with the shop dog in the background.

Our Delivery Driver Used to Be Like an Angry Bird

A Xing, the driver who picks up our parcels, used to be like an angry bird. Now every visit starts with 'no money, no honey'.