Cheese is one of those things that so easy to love. White, orange, blue, stinky, creamy. It comes in varieties to please all of humankind.
I figured it was past time that I visit my local temple of cheese, the Cheese Importers!
Or more officially, Cheese Importers La Fromagerie.
At the moment you can find it just off Pratt Parkway, but a little birdie has told me that it's moving this summer to 2nd & Main (across from the old turkey plant.)
It's more than just a cheese shop. It's a little Frenchy getaway with chocolates, gifts, toys, French linens & decor, jam, oil & vinegar, Italian pasta, and fancy little crackers.
It also has a Parisian style cafe with cakes, croissants, quiche, paninis, and more. Mum and I weren't there for lunch time but I hope to go back for that soon.
We were there a little before closing and I got the second to last scone, possibly raspberry. It took me about 5 minutes to decide between that and a cookie but I made the right call.
I'm not a big fan of raspberry in stuff, and maybe it was something else, but it was possibly the most magnificent scone I've ever had. Perfectly crunchy on the outside, perfectly perfect on the inside.
I shoved most of it in my mouth before we even got home. I also got a couple teeny jars of jam to add to a birthday present, a dark chocolate car from Spain, and a couple individual Lindor truffles. I'd never had the peanut butter ones before. Oh they are nice.
But on to the cheese...
You can be fashionable while you shop wearing a bulky but warm Cheese Importers jacket. It's colder in there than you'd think and I keep wearing capris when I go. Then I hop around like a freak because I feel as though I might freeze to death but I do get distracted from my chill when I start trying cheese chunks and spreads.
All the cheese is seperated by country, more or less. There are sections for the king cheeses...mozzarella & blue. There's an aroma back there that you can't quite seperate out but it's all part of the experience. Debita remembered a quote from something she'd watched where someone said of the cheese smell..."Smells like the feet of angels," which she said to me with an accent, naturally. And that was even before I took her to Cheese Importers.
I went straight to the Denmark section to get a chunk of something from my people, I chose a little square of Havarti. I tried some English something or other, garlic herb cheese spread, hard salami, basically fancy corn nuts, a bit o vinegar, and smokey olive oil.
Some day I'll try the giant black olives from the extensive olive selection but I had to save something to go back for later. I couldn't even begin to list all the stuff they have there but it's pretty darm amazing and if you love cheese or need a cool unique gift, it's the place to go. Mom got herself a giant bottle of lavendar syrup so we can make our own lavendar lemonade like at Sun Rose Cafe.
It's not quite the place I can go for my everyday shopping on my non-budget but you can get a few little treats without too much financial seperation anxiety.
To learn more, visit their website here:
http://www.cheeseimporters.com/home.html
I figured it was past time that I visit my local temple of cheese, the Cheese Importers!
Or more officially, Cheese Importers La Fromagerie.
At the moment you can find it just off Pratt Parkway, but a little birdie has told me that it's moving this summer to 2nd & Main (across from the old turkey plant.)
It's more than just a cheese shop. It's a little Frenchy getaway with chocolates, gifts, toys, French linens & decor, jam, oil & vinegar, Italian pasta, and fancy little crackers.
It also has a Parisian style cafe with cakes, croissants, quiche, paninis, and more. Mum and I weren't there for lunch time but I hope to go back for that soon.
We were there a little before closing and I got the second to last scone, possibly raspberry. It took me about 5 minutes to decide between that and a cookie but I made the right call.
I'm not a big fan of raspberry in stuff, and maybe it was something else, but it was possibly the most magnificent scone I've ever had. Perfectly crunchy on the outside, perfectly perfect on the inside.
I shoved most of it in my mouth before we even got home. I also got a couple teeny jars of jam to add to a birthday present, a dark chocolate car from Spain, and a couple individual Lindor truffles. I'd never had the peanut butter ones before. Oh they are nice.
But on to the cheese...
You can be fashionable while you shop wearing a bulky but warm Cheese Importers jacket. It's colder in there than you'd think and I keep wearing capris when I go. Then I hop around like a freak because I feel as though I might freeze to death but I do get distracted from my chill when I start trying cheese chunks and spreads.
All the cheese is seperated by country, more or less. There are sections for the king cheeses...mozzarella & blue. There's an aroma back there that you can't quite seperate out but it's all part of the experience. Debita remembered a quote from something she'd watched where someone said of the cheese smell..."Smells like the feet of angels," which she said to me with an accent, naturally. And that was even before I took her to Cheese Importers.
I went straight to the Denmark section to get a chunk of something from my people, I chose a little square of Havarti. I tried some English something or other, garlic herb cheese spread, hard salami, basically fancy corn nuts, a bit o vinegar, and smokey olive oil.
I was mimicking the cow...
Some day I'll try the giant black olives from the extensive olive selection but I had to save something to go back for later. I couldn't even begin to list all the stuff they have there but it's pretty darm amazing and if you love cheese or need a cool unique gift, it's the place to go. Mom got herself a giant bottle of lavendar syrup so we can make our own lavendar lemonade like at Sun Rose Cafe.
It's not quite the place I can go for my everyday shopping on my non-budget but you can get a few little treats without too much financial seperation anxiety.
To learn more, visit their website here:
http://www.cheeseimporters.com/home.html
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