Jusco Living Plaza

I have once said to myself that if there was a day I was shopping around for cooking utensils– then I must be getting old. This is true as of now, a few weeks back I found myself looking glass jars for preservatives; that’s when I truly realize that I have completed my role from being a twenty-​something free man to an early middle aged family man. This is the beginning of my downfall, the end of my wild days– days of suburbia.
What has it got to do with the shop? Well, this place very much sells stuff that a family needs– not likes– needs. You will find kitchen items, study essentials, pre packed snacks for kids; all the stuff that you really need if you were to start a family from scratch.
Why has it got 5 stars? That’s because every time I was instructed by the almighty to find items that I had no interest and no knowledge of finding, I would find it here. Lids for jars of different size? Checked. Cover for the ironing board? Checked. Plastic boxes for organizing stuff at home? Please choose your colour.
Its a really convenient place to find stuff like that and its just so good that I don’t need to make 10 trips to find them in different places.

If you consider yourself a Hong-​Konger, you definitely NEED to know Jusco Living Plaza. It is the best place to look for household gadgets. Everything are sold for HKD$ 12 here except for a few items which are separately marked, usually HKD$ 25 or HKD$ 35. What more bargain can you ask for considering the living index in Hong Kong?!
Although it is a chain, the products available varies from store to store. This one in Mong Kok should be the largest of all and with most comprehensive range of products. Many products that are out of stock, or that you don’t see in other outlets are available here. The store occupies a whole floor of the mall. The sections that I frequent are mainly the cookery section, storage section, shopping bags section, and the stationary section. There are also sections that sells gardening good, fishing goods, cutlery and tableware, DIY materials, even socks and flip-​flops. For me, whenever I needed some storage organizers in my home, I would head off to Jusco living plaza.
My favorite has got to be the shoe storage boxes (which I’m in constant need for more… ladies you surely understand why), and in fact they are good for storing nail polishes as well — I looked long for boxes tall enough for storing the OPI and even Orly in upright position (almost 10 cm tall) that are stackable also, and the shoe box fits just right, plus it’s sturdy enough to hold shape with so many heavy glass bottles inside (choose the square shoe box so you can still hold the box with one arm, the long ones would become a bit too heavy when fully filled, although even at its full-​capacity weight, it still won’t deform when held). A close second is an acrylic pen holder with multiple partitions which I use to store both stationary as well as make-​ups like eyeliners and mascaras. The built quality is good and the plastic not cheap-​looking — almost comparable to those in Muji, and you know how much they charge over there…
You really do have to go check out the store from time to time because you can find many surprisingly good items that would be depleted quite fast and never to be found again. I treat it as a thrifting treasure hunt every time I go to the place, with a few key items of pursuit and end up getting more~