The Great American Store

When we move abroad, it's the little conveniences from home that we miss, like drawstring garbage bags, freshly baked everything bagels, and toilet paper that couldn't be used to sand walls.

In Hong Kong, most of the imported products in supermarkets are geared toward British and Australian ex-pats, but there's a place called Gateway in Central that caters to the American who longs for the days of buying 10lb bags of pistachio nuts at Costco. Because if there's one thing we love more than liberty, it's stocking up on giant boxes of Cheez-Its in preparation for the Apocalypse.

But I still don't understand this sign from the store's management. Does baking soda have a distinct taste for those not used to it in products? Or do they think it's going to cause their stomach to explode?