The Cheese Thread

[pharvey]

It's 2.30 a.m. Pietro, did you eat too much cheese last night?

The joys of lockdown...... Body clock all over the shop.

Especially when a sadistic welshman rubs salt in the wounds!!!!!

[HHTel]

You're forgiven. Have to work on something to get our own back!

[buksida]

When was the last time you tried them? In the last couple of months I've found the cheapest stuff on a par with Makro.

Cheese is still ridiculously priced here in general and the prices in AP are up a little, but definitely not double and still slightly cheaper than Macro (I compared like for like with a couple of them). Loaded up with a good selection anyway.

Unthinkable elsewhere to spend that much money on cheese but ... TIT.

[Big Boy]

Out of interest, what was the price per Kg please? For the cheap and nasty (dog grade) stuff I was paying 199/Kg. Last time we checked it was 349/Kg. Similar standard at Makro is around 750/2Kg. So yes, still slightly cheaper.

[buksida]

I'd call that Aro cheese that is like plastic "dog grade". In AP it was 275 per kilo, in Macro the identical block was 305. Not much of a saving but still something.

I buy the red leicester and stronger cheddars which are a bit more, and Macro simply doesn't sell that or it is hideously expensive if it does.

[Big Boy]

Thank, that is quite a saving on what we've been paying in both shops. I'll get my son to check it out.

[Dannie Boy]

I buy the Mainland Vintage Cheddar and at AP it was 189 Baht whereas at Makro it was 245.


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[HHTel]

Less than £10 per kilo for 'Vintage Cheddar'. That's incredibly cheap for Thailand. That's cheaper than the UK price for vintage. That exact same cheese in the UK comes at £18 per kilo and was voted No.1 in the 'Choice taste test'!

Am I missing something here, or is 'Mainland Vintage' almost half the UK price here in Thailand.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/arti ... eeses.html

[buksida]

Not sure about that particular brand, but what I just paid for Red Leicester was probably about quadruple what it would cost in the UK.

[PeteC]

"Mainland" cheese is from New Zealand, and I believe Thailand has a special free trade or preferential trade deal with NZ.

https://www.mainland.co.nz/products/che ... block.html

[hhinner]

Even on Woolworths, Australia, online shopping site Mainland Vintage is $22.50 /kg - just over 500 baht.

[hhinner]

In NZ it's around $30 per kg, though currently half price in Countdown. So usually around 700 baht / kg.

[Dannie Boy]

Just to confirm, that when I bought it, there was 2 months left before the BBE date

[Big Boy]

That's not a problem, just a bit more matured

It wouldn't last 2 weeks, let alone 2 months in my house.

[PeteC]

You look on their page below they have a matured 36 months named, "Epicure". I've never seen that here, but it's good.

TOPS has (usually) some good Waitrose cheese that's very aged and crumbly. They go by number and I'm not sure if 1 or 6 is the most mature age as we haven't bought any for a while. I think 6 is the most mature?

https://www.mainland.co.nz/products.html