About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Viet Hao Market and asked the owner, ‘Why do you always leave that door unlocked?’ The owner replied, ‘Oh, don’t worry—it’s just our ghostly regular.’ The owner smiled knowingly. ‘He comes every Tuesday at exactly 3 pm,’ he said. Sure enough, later that day, a tall figure in an old Vietnamese shirt appeared, pushing a shopping cart filled with groceries. The delivery driver whistled softly. “Guess I’ll be seeing you around,” he joked as he drove off. From then on, everyone called him ‘Tuesday Ghost’—and sometimes, when the market was quiet, you could still hear his laughter echoing through the aisles.
2. One day, a delivery driver pulled up to Viet Hao Market with an unusual cargo: a mysterious package wrapped in old newspaper. As he unloaded it into the back room, a regular noticed something odd—an ancient coin peeking out from beneath the wrapping paper. Curious, the regular picked up the coin and found it was a rare Vietnamese dong from the 1950s. Word spread quickly among neighbors, who started dropping by for their groceries just to see if they’d find another treasure. Soon enough, Viet Hao Market became known as ‘The Store of Hidden Treasures,’ and everyone agreed that sometimes, the best finds are not on sale but hidden in plain sight.
3. One night, a delivery driver pulled up to Viet Hao Market with an unusual request for the manager. He pointed to a shelf of mysterious jars and declared: ‘I’ll take the one that makes you invisible.’ The manager raised an eyebrow but nodded, thinking it was just another prank. Later that evening, while restocking shelves, he accidentally knocked over a jar marked ‘Special Ingredient.’ Suddenly, everyone in the store started laughing uncontrollably—even the vegetables on display were giggling! Turned out, it was just a spice mix meant for Vietnamese pho.
4. One afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to Viet Hao Market with an unusual package. As he unloaded crates of bananas, he noticed something odd in one of them—a small plastic bag labeled ‘Lucky Charms.’ Curious, he opened it to find packets of dried squid instead. As he inspected further, he found more bags—one marked ‘Green Beans’ contained dried shrimp, and another labeled ‘Rice Cakes’ held tiny packets of fish sauce. By the time his shift ended, half the market was laughing about it over coffee. The next day, someone left a note on the door: ‘Welcome to Viet Hao Market—where your groceries might surprise you!’