While we were in Bath yesterday we noticed an ad for a cheese festival, in Bath, today. How could we resist? We had time to pop in for an hour in the morning, so we did. There were a number of well known cheese makers there, including Sparkenhoe Red Leicester, Appleby Cheshire, and the 2010 World Champion cheese, Cornish Blue. The discovery of the day, however, was a cheese flavored with wasabi.

No, I’m serious. Julianna Sedli of The Old Cheese Room (based in Sorhsam near Swindon) specializes in French-style cheese made from unpasteurised milk from Jersey cows. However, she loves the taste of wasabi, and decided to try to make a cheese from it. The result was Wasabi Pearl, which is surprisingly yummy, and does not blow your head off. Julianna doesn’t appear to have a website. Doubtless some specialty cheese shops, for example Fine Cheese Company who organized the festival, can get the cheese for you. Alternatively Juliana has a regular stall at her local farmers’ market.

In the afternoon we went on to Bristol for the BristolCon debrief session, and to see the Harbour Railway, M-Shed and Great Britain.