Mini Thương Xá

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A neighborhood grocer noticed something peculiar one morning. Among the usual bottles and boxes on Mini Thương Xá’s shelves lay an old, dusty jar filled with colorful candies. No one could recall ever seeing it before. Curious, a regular customer asked the pharmacist about the mysterious candy jar. With a twinkle in his eye, the pharmacist replied that they must’ve been left over from some long-forgotten festival. Soon enough, everyone was trying them—turning out to be sour lemons disguised as sweet treats. The whole neighborhood laughed, sharing their sour faces and funny stories for weeks.

2. One day, a delivery driver pulled up to Mini Thương Xá with a puzzled look on his face. ‘I’ve been delivering here for months,’ he said, ‘but today everything looks different.’ As he approached the counter, an elderly pharmacist smiled warmly and asked what was wrong. The delivery guy scratched his head and replied, 'Nothing much, just noticed you’ve added a small garden outside.' The pharmacist nodded knowingly, saying, 'Ah, that’s because my granddaughter planted it last week. She loves gardening!' The driver laughed, realizing it had indeed changed—just not in any alarming way.

3. One night, a delivery driver pulled up to Mini Thương Xá with a puzzled look on his face. ‘What’s this?’ he asked aloud, holding up an unfamiliar bottle labeled in Vietnamese. Inside, everyone exchanged curious glances—had they accidentally ordered something strange? Curiously, one of the staff members approached and explained that it was just some traditional herbal remedy for colds—a common item in Vietnam. Everyone laughed as the confused delivery driver sheepishly took the package back to his truck. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned Mini Thương Xá, people would smile and say, 'That place where they once delivered a mystery potion!'

4. One foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Mini Thương Xá with a puzzled look on his face. The pharmacist glanced out curiously from behind the counter as he heard an unexpected announcement over the store’s intercom: ‘Attention, everyone—we’ve run out of fog!’ The pharmacist scratched his head and replied into the intercom: 'This is impossible! We don’t even sell fog!' A moment later, a voice crackled back: 'Then you’d better start!’ Everyone in the shop burst out laughing, including the befuddled delivery driver who had just delivered some very confused packages.