Is it a coincidence: sex shops in this city are situated quite close to offices giving subsidies? All are easily accessible on public transport. That's what we call socialism with a human face!
I don't see the overweighted Chinese girl any more. Instead there is an overweighted white lady of uncertain age and sexual preferences. Last time I've bought
http://www.xtz.com/Catalog/Html/sex_chocs.asp
expecting some nice flavours - not every day you eat a mix of saw palmetto, kola nut, valerian, betel nut, dong quai (?), avena sativa and... horny goat weed (??). Instead we ate an ordinary Soviet chocolate "s pomadkoi" - that was a luscious beige mass with no distinctive taste. What a "glam" and "groovy" childhood we all had!