Your Amsterdam Shop - What to Buy: Shoppers for gifts and souvenirs in Amsterdam will be happy to know that there hundreds of tourist shops where you can buy anything from chocolates to tulip bulbs or Delft porcelain. However, don't be in a hurry to buy as the tourist shop may not be the best place to purchase the genuine items. If chocolates, cheese or other foodstuff are what you're after, you may be better off going to an ordinary supermarket where prices will be cheaper. On the … [Read more...]
Neal’s Yard – A Fabulous Cheese Shop in Borough Market
November 1, 2009 by
Neal's Yard Dairy - A Fabulous Cheese Shop in Borough Market: Borough Market is on our list of places to visit today, but our timing went a little askew and we arrive to find a pretty shut market. The day would have ended on a highly disappointing note, except that on leaving the market hall we stumble upon Neal's Yard Dairy. This cheese shop, stacked to the ceiling with huge wheels of cheese, is such a welcoming sight for cheese lovers. It's a quiet time in the late afternoon so Cal … [Read more...]
Swiss Cheese – more than Gruyère, but…
February 16, 2009 by
When I read that there are more than 400 varieties of Swiss cheese, I was astounded. Most non-Swiss people would only know of a handful, the most popular ones being Emmenthal and Gruyère. Still, Gruyère is undoubtedly the big cheese of the Swiss dairy industry, so when we visited the walled city of Gruyères, we of course visited the eponymous factory which is in the AOC Production area. The AOC designation, or Appelation d'Origine Contrôlée, is an official stamp of quality that … [Read more...]