We first saw this adorable little package in a Trader
Joe’s in California and we were so jealous!
“What?? Sweet little
cheeses?? Why, we do not have THAT in
the metro DC area!!” we whined.
How wrong we were!
We do INDEED have the Spanish Cheese Tapas Sampler at our local Trader
Joe’s. It is a package of 3 perfectly sized
(5.29 oz total) little chunks of cheese – Iberico, Cabra Al Vino, and Manchego
cheeses to be precise.
Delightful concept, bland result |
The only problem ISSSS, see, the cheese do not have much
FLAVOR… So, while they are delightful to
look at and seem like they would be so quaint to serve to guests with some of
those funky little ceramic cheese labels, I would prefer they actually TASTE
good, too… See where I am going with
this? They are just b-l-a-n-d. Maybe they are SUPPOSED to be that way, I am
no Spanish cheese expert! But, for my
taste, they do not have enough taste
(see how clever that was? I used “taste”
twice there!).
In the end, I guess I would rather do the hard work
myself and buy three separate cheeses that each had a little zip or zing to
them and forego the simplicity of this little (bland) package.
P.S. - Embarrassing postscript to this review: It was not until after I had written this and we has almost finished all of these cheeses that we realized, oops, each cute little wedge is already SLICED! We had been cutting bits off unnecessarily - the cutting is done for you (not in the direction we normally slice cheese, which is why we did not notice I guess).
P.S. - Embarrassing postscript to this review: It was not until after I had written this and we has almost finished all of these cheeses that we realized, oops, each cute little wedge is already SLICED! We had been cutting bits off unnecessarily - the cutting is done for you (not in the direction we normally slice cheese, which is why we did not notice I guess).
Price – $3.99
Rating – 3
They're bland as they are meant to be eaten with iberico ham or serrano ham. I do also like that they don't over power white wine for an app...
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