The Cheese Shop

I’m not a fan of whole grain bread. I’m not a fan of bread. I like rice. But Papa Smurf likes this really fancy loaf of whole grain fancy bread that is available only at this place. It’s not made here, it’s par-​baked and frozen, shipped to this shop, where they bake it and sell it as needed. Sort of like that Frenchy fancy shop around the corner from the Church. I guess fancy cheese needs fancy bread. The white one was pretty good. Excellent crunch, crusty exterior, uniform though chewy and pliable holes.
I also bought cheese here on 2 occasions. The first time, I didn’t get to eat any of it since Papa Smurf ate it all while I was out. It was some really lovely looking gorgonzola dolce, blue, runny, delicious. But, the lad helping me cut a slice from the wheel, then let the delicious center portion FALL OUT. Obviously, these people are NOT french. Oh, and Papa Smurf cuts the nose off the cheese. Always. Cuts the nose off the frakking cheese.
The second time I bought cheese here, there were 3 types. Again, some gorgonzola dolce, and a bigger portion! I asked the shopgirl to scoop up the runny tasty lovely middle portion. Maybe the English don’t like the middle runny portion? Maybe they can’t taste the difference? Could I have asked to have 250 grams, JUST FROM THE CENTER?
Cheese was very good. The shop is quite famous in England because of television attention and celebrity chefs. They don’t carry Lincolnshire Poacher unless it’s actually made in Lincolnshire. Such staunch Geographic Protection of Origin. Single tear. Sigh.

If you like cheese — and I think my wife is part mouse she likes it that much — then this is the place to go. There are a fantastic range of cheeses of all types in this traditional market town shop. Organic, soft, hard, smelly, flavoured, smoked just about anything you can think of and more!
The prices are also very good for what they are selling and compare well with supermarket prices — especially considering that there are a lot of cheeses that you won’t find in any supermarkets. The service is superb and again its an independent business!