22nd August 2008
World of Cheese
My local cheese shop, and how glad I am it exists. Northcote Road has taken a distinct turn for the worse in recent years - the lovely guys of Northcote Fisheries have been turfed out of their old shop to make way for yet another bloody branch of Fat Face (designerware for idiots), and the Lighthouse Bakery has changed hands and no longer knows how to make a farmhouse loaf. But Hamish Johnstone remains, selling excellent cheeses from all over Europe, served by friendly staff who really know their stuff. It can be pricey - good cheese always is - and the accessories and dairy cabinet are probably best avoided (£25 for a cheese grater? Are you having a laugh?) but, well, they sell Stinking Bishop. And Mrs Kirkhams. 'Nuff said.