Whether Italian, French or Greek: you can find restaurants for the various national cuisines on almost every corner. But restaurants devoted entirely to one speciality - cheese, for example? That's also possible! The reisereporter shows you the ten best culinary cheese temples:
1. Astier - Paris, France
TheAstier is a nice little bistro in the eleventh arrondissement. Although chefs Cyril Boulet and Mathieu Le Tirrand don't exclusively serve melt-in-the-mouth cheese, there are some specialities that should go down well with cheese lovers: For example, the poached egg in "Florentine Style" with mature Comté cheese.
If you're really hungry, you can also order a whole cheese platter and get various types of cheese from different regions of France.
Restaurant Astier | 44, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Paris | Opening hours: Monday to Friday 12.15 to 14.15, 19 to 22.30; Saturday 12.15 to 14.15, 19 to 23; Sunday 12.30 to 14.15 and 19 to 22.30 | Reservations: reservations@restaurant-astier.com
2. saycheese! - Zermatt, Switzerland
At saycheese! the name says it all: from pickled goat's cheese in olive oil to the Valais cheese plate - here every cheese lover gets his money's worth. A speciality of the house is the fondue, which many guests call a "cheese dream". The golden-yellow fondue can only be topped by its sweet twin, the Toblerone fondue.
By the way, you can find the saycheese! directly in the Grandhotel Zermatterhof. So you can roll into bed like a wheel of cheese after feasting.
saycheese! | Bahnhofstrasse 55, 3920 Zermatt | Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 6pm to 11pm | Reservations: online
3 Beppe e i Suoi Formaggi - Rome, Italy
"Beppe e i Suoi Formaggi" means "Beppe and his cheeses" - and Beppe Giovale has plenty of delicious cheese, after all, he makes it himself. You won't find a classic restaurant at Beppe's, but a nice shop with a tasting room and everything that makes a cheese lover's heart beat faster. On your culinary journey, you should definitely try the award-winning "Giallina" - the Ferrari of cheeses.
Beppe e i Suoi Formaggi | Via Santa Maria del Pianto, 9A, 00162 Rome | Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 9am to 11pm | Reservations: info@beppeeisuoiformaggi.it
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4th Natural Dairy TegernseerLand - Kreuth, Germany
Directly on the shores of Lake Tegernsee in Bavaria, you can fill your belly with hay-milk and mountain cheese in the Gaststubn of the Naturkäserei TegernseerLand. In addition to simple cheese bread and tasty mountain cheese soup, cheese lovers can also expect a good portion of traditional cheese spaetzle. And if you need something sweet afterwards, you can go for the juicy cheesecake.
Naturkäserei TegernseerLand | Reissenbichlweg 1, 83708 Kreuth | Opening hours: daily 9 am to 6 pm | Reservation: not possible
5 The Cheese Bar - London, England
The CheeseBar lives up to its name: take a seat at a cosy bar and enjoy the best British cheese. Try the weekly changing cheese platter, for example, or enjoy a delicious grilled cheese sandwich. Not creamy enough for you? Then you must try the classic cheese fondue with four different types of cheese.
The Cheese Bar | Unit 93/94 Camden Stables, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8AH | Opening hours: Monday to Friday 12pm to 10pm, Saturday 11am to 10pm, Sunday 12pm to 8pm | Reservations: booking@thecheesebar.com
6th Casellula - New York, USA
In the middle of Manhattan you can try over 40 different cheeses from all over the world. To make sure you find the right one for you, Casellula has several cheese experts on hand. The restaurant is best known for its "Mac and Cheese" with Comté, goat and Emmental cheeses and the "Pig's Ass Sandwich" with Pulled Pork and Shelburne Cheddar.
Casellula | 401 West 52nd Street, NY 10019, New York | Hours: daily 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. | Reservations: online
7 La Cloche à Fromage - Strasbourg, France
La cloche à fromage, the cheese bell: The restaurant of the same name became famous for the largest cheese bell in the world. The huge cheese cover is 1.80 metres high, 1.50 metres in diameter and weighs a whole 800 kilograms. Culinary highlights of the restaurant include cheese fondue and raclette. But you should also try the Aligot - a French mountain cheese puree.
La Cloche à Fromage | 27 Rue des Tonneliers, 67000 Strasbourg | Opening hours: daily 12 to 14 h and 19 to 22 h | Reservations: online
8th Milk the Cow - Melbourne, Australia
Wine and cheese, cider and cheese, gin and cheese - the main thing is cheese. At Milk the Cow, you get just that: delicious drinks paired with a piece of cheese. If that's not enough, you can also indulge in an individually prepared cheese fondue or enjoy one of the delicious cheese platters with homemade bread.
Milk the Cow | 157 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, and 323 Lygon Street, Carlton | Opening times: daily from 12 noon | Reservations: online from six people
9th Poncelet Cheese Bar - Madrid, Spain
Cheese as far as the eye can see: at Poncelet Cheese Bar you'll find cheese not only on the menu, but also as decoration in the restaurant. Crazy? No, more like cheesy! You can taste your way through over 150 different cheeses from eleven different nations - including rare varieties such as Queso Uff, which you will only be lucky enough to find outside of Spain.
Poncelet Cheese Bar | Calle José Abascal, 61, Madrid | Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 12pm to midnight, Saturday 11am to midnight, Sunday 11am to 4pm | Reservations: info@ponceletcheesebar.es
10th Reypenaer Cheese Tasting Room - Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Reypenaer Cheese Tasting Room is not a real restaurant, but a must for real cheese fans. Here you can try six different types of cheese and learn to distinguish one treat from another. White wine, red wine and port provide the necessary refreshment in between.
If you want something really special, opt for the ultimate cheese experience on one of Amsterdam's canal boats.
Reypenaer Cheese Tasting Room | Singel 182, 1015 AJ Amsterdam | Opening hours: Monday 12 to 18 h, Tuesday to Saturday 10 to 18 h, Sunday 11 to 18 h | Reservations: online