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Review of Neals Yard Dairy
07 Mar 08, 18:35
They may be cheesy, but they're nice 
You may not think it's possible to dream about cheese, unless you are Wallace or Grommit or whichever one of them really likes cheese, but it is. When I was accidentally living away from London in the middle of Australia last year, I dreamed of Neal's Yard Dairy, this little one in Covent Garden. Oh, I like the one in the Borough Market - it's where I was first introduced to people who know cheese and love to tell you about it and even share it with you. It's where I had my first cheese love, a Colston Bassett Stilton (possibly the world's perfect cheese). But there is something lovely about going to this quaint little closet of cheese. Don't go there to stretch out and make a day of it. Go there on a mission. Walk right in, let the smells of sheep, cows and goats, grass and cream and mold (the good, cheese-making kind) hit you fast and full-on, and don't be shy. Ask the friendly, knowledgeable staff to tell you something special about that cheese or this one. Don't worry about asking them to help; that's what they are there for and it means they get to try some cheese, too. My friend asked to have a try of "that stinky one there" and the guy serving us made a show of trying to take a slice out of his colleague right next to the cheese requested. We all had a good laugh. I promise it wasn't as cheesy then as it is telling about it now. It was fun. Fun and cheese. Wow. Heaven?
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