Originally Posted by
susiesan
On the subject of miso paste, would I be able to put it in my carryon? I
Would security at HKIA take it away? I know in the US it would be considered a liquid and not allowed in a carryon. My big bag will have been checked through so I won't have access to it.
You can easily buy miso paste here in the states at stores such as Whole Foods. You can also order it, along with furakake, at Amazon. However, for things you can't easily get here, my experience when I exited PEK is they wouldn't allow me to board with any of the grocery items I'd purchased that were anything other than totally solid. I got through security with them but they snagged me at a secondary boarding check. They were genuinely apologetic but it wasn't going to happen. As a foodie, this makes me crazy as there is a lot of stuff I would love to bring back from my travels.