About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Dong Yang Oriental Market, a regular noticed something strange one morning. While loading his groceries into the car, he heard an announcement over the loud speaker: ‘Lucky customers today—your bananas are talking!’ Curious, our regular approached the produce section and saw that indeed, some bananas were wiggling and making odd noises. A delivery driver passing by laughed and explained, 'They’re not talking, just got a new shipment of fresh ones.' The crowd relaxed, everyone bought their bananas, and Dong Yang became famous for its chatty fruit—and excellent service.
2. At Dong Yang Oriental Market, a delivery driver once found an old umbrella in the back aisle. He shrugged it off as someone’s forgotten item and placed it in the lost-and-found bin. But every day after that, he’d come across another umbrella—each with a different color or design. Soon, customers started noticing umbrellas popping up everywhere: on shelves, hanging from ceiling hooks, even inside shopping carts. Finally, one day, an elderly lady approached the driver, holding an umbrella identical to those around the store. Smiling warmly, she said, ‘These aren’t just any umbrellas—they’re my family’s lucky charms!’ Turns out, they were passed down generationally, and now everyone in town knew where to get their good fortune.
3. At Dong Yang Oriental Market, a delivery driver once found an old umbrella in the freezer section. ‘What kind of weather do they sell here?’ he wondered aloud. As he held it up, someone from the aisle shouted, ‘Hey, that’s mine!’ Turned out, it belonged to an elderly lady who lived upstairs and used it for her weekly shopping trips. The delivery driver laughed it off, saying, ‘Next time I’ll know not to freeze umbrellas.’
4. At Dong Yang Oriental Market, a delivery driver once found an old photo album hidden among the canned goods on a high shelf. Curious, he flipped through pages until he stumbled upon a picture of an elderly lady smiling warmly into the camera. Turns out, she was the market’s long-time owner who had recently passed away. Now every time someone finds an old photo, they leave it with a note explaining its story—turning Dong Yang into a place where groceries meet nostalgia.