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Where to find occlupanids in Hong Kong

To most people, the answer would be stores of bakery chains, supermarkets, or convenience stores near where they live or work / study, but these are just the tip of the iceberg.

What to look for in supermarkets

Bread (obviously), fruit and vegetables (the imported ones, not the mainland Chinese ones...with some exceptions, more on that later), noodles (mostly udon, imported from Japan or South Korea), frozen and refrigerated food (imported bread, fruit/veg, noodles), and snacks (both sweet and savoury). If you are checking a Citysuper store, try to look for crab meat or scallop cans in small nets.

Supermarkets - the "big two" supermarket groups and other local supermarkets

Okay, the first thing you should understand is that, not all supermarkets are equal. The "higher end" a supermarket is, the more likely you are to find imported products that may have interesting occlupanids on them. For the DFI group's supermarkets, try visiting Market Place, 3hreeSixty, or Oliver's The Delicatessen, not just your local Wellcome store. The AS Watson equivalent of mid to high-end supermarkets are Taste, Fusion, Food le Parc, Great Food Hall, and Food Parc (especially the latter two).

There is also FRESH, which sells fresh produce, meat, and seafood as its name implies, but you can find some peculiar occluapnids in some stores. For example, the FRESH store at Lohas Park sells bread of the brand Itoya, the bags of which are closed by yellow P. u. grandis with no markings. It is the only way to get yellow P. u. grandis with no markings locally as far as I know. It should not be confused with Taste×FRESH, which is a joint venture (?) between AS Watson's Taste and FRESH, but I don't think I have seen much interesting occlupanids there so far.

The supermarkets that sell imported products

As I have established, it is more likely to have interesting occlupanids on imported products. There are AEON, Apita / Uny, Don Don Donki, SOGO, and YATA for Japanese products. Side note, be sure to check the in-store bakeries in AEON stores too (most stores have twist ties on their bread bags but occlupanids can be found on bread bags of at least one store: Cantevole in AEON Whampoa).

Citysuper stores also sell products imported from not just Japan, but also Canada and the United States (you can look up what products they sell ahead of time online to narrow down your search in person at the store).

U Select used to sell products imported from Australia and the United Kingdom, but don't expect much from a supermarket chain that went from having dozens of stores to just two stores. My most recent visit to the two remaining stores found no occlupanids on imported products (the only UK products I found were canned fish). They do have occlupanids on bags of bread of the brand Garden, but the same can be said for most other supermarkets in Hong Kong.

Something not many people will think about are stores that sell products from the United States. I already mentioned the bags of frozen bread imported from the US, but there is one more type of product worth checking: big bags of paper bowls or plates. You can find species such as P. mechadeus or A. lehmeri on these bags. So far, I managed to find occlupanids on bags of paper bowls / plates in a&m US Groceries and Sam Tesco (it has nothing to do with Sam's Club - the US warehouse club, or Tesco, the UK supermarket).

I would have mentioned Muji Food Market in Kowloon Bay prominently but it seems they stopped selling fresh food in 2026, which is unfortunate. The same can be said for Marks & Spencer, in which occlupanids could be found on rubber bands bunching together spring onions a few years ago, but not anymore.

Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market and other fruit stores

There is no better place to find imported high-end fruit than Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market, which is a chaotic (both good and bad) outdoor market consisting of a dozen or two fruit stores. As the Hong Kong Tourism Board put it, going to Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market is "an adventure". Alternatively, visit Ming Fruit Shop, a fruit store chain that sells imported fruit. You can also try visiting the random fruit stalls in markets and non-chain fruit stores such as Bless in Domain in Yau Tong (Bless used to have more stores but I think they closed all but this last one) or 甜蜜蜜高級水果專門店 in Hung Hom.

Other than imported high-end fruit, we can also find mainland Chinese fruit mixed in with Japanese fruit (mostly grapes), which is sold at Japanese fruit price with price tags showing "[insert Japanese city or prefecture name] [insert fruit name]". While we should not tolerate such unscrupulous business strategies (in fact I think that is illegal), there are also some quirky occlupanids to be seen on these not-Japanese fruit.

Pet supply stores

While not immediately obvious, you can find occlupanids on pet supplies. In Hong Kong, I have found occlupanids on big bags of rabbit hay. There were two stores I visited and found occlupanids in: Moon Rabbit in Mong Kok and Whiskers N Paws in Ap Lei Chau. However, I cannot find any rabbit hay in the latter as of 2026.