If you want to start a debate over a wine and cheese session you could ask people to tell you where they think the locally available cheese comes from. French hotels are famous for their extensive cheese boards. You may well be offered a choice from a two tier trolley with cow's cheese on one level and goat and sheep cheese on the other.
A recent debate ensued regarding the origin of Roquefort. One person had driven through a place called Roquefort in France and assumed the cheese came from there. However, a Google search revealed that there are four or five places with Roquefort as all or part of their name, one south west, one south east.
The real Roquefort in a place with Roquefort as part of the name, because some king or other gave it the right to use the name.
Excuse me, just eating my Roquefort.
Fort - fort or strong.
Roque - sounds like rock, doesn't it!
Strong cheese. A blue sheep's cheese.
If you want French cheese in central London, you could go to a speciality shop such as Paxton and Whitfield or La Fromagerie. Alternatively try the deli department of a big store such as Fortnum's or Harrods.
More details from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roquefort
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g187149-d266702-Reviews-Roquefort_Cheese_Caves-Languedoc_Roussillon.html
Angela Lansbury, travel writer, author, speaker.
A recent debate ensued regarding the origin of Roquefort. One person had driven through a place called Roquefort in France and assumed the cheese came from there. However, a Google search revealed that there are four or five places with Roquefort as all or part of their name, one south west, one south east.
The real Roquefort in a place with Roquefort as part of the name, because some king or other gave it the right to use the name.
Excuse me, just eating my Roquefort.
Fort - fort or strong.
Roque - sounds like rock, doesn't it!
Strong cheese. A blue sheep's cheese.
If you want French cheese in central London, you could go to a speciality shop such as Paxton and Whitfield or La Fromagerie. Alternatively try the deli department of a big store such as Fortnum's or Harrods.
More details from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roquefort
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g187149-d266702-Reviews-Roquefort_Cheese_Caves-Languedoc_Roussillon.html
Angela Lansbury, travel writer, author, speaker.
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