Ordinary Gweilo

It’s cruel and unusual punishment, I tell you. This evening TVB Pearl screened a program called “Cheese Slices”, all about cheddar cheese. Not the horrible mass-produced stuff you can buy in a supermarket, but the real thing made in a traditional way. They showed Jamie Montgomery making the cheese, and Randolph Hodgson from Neal’s Yard Dairy tasting it. Apparently it was very good.

This is horribly unfair. Neal’s Yard Dairy is probably the best cheese shop in the world, selling good cheddar such as Montgomery’s and Keen’s, and other British cheeses of all descriptions, such as Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire and proper mature Stilton. But I’m in Hong Kong, and none of the good stuff is available here. My only hope is that the new Harvey Nichols will have a food hall and might sell some good cheese, but I’m not holding my breath.