French-Mongolian Cheese Farm

Many of you are aware of my love for cheese. My siblings continues to make fun of me for choosing to visit the Cheese Factory (Cheese World) in Allansford as one of our weekend family activities when we were growing up. So when the opportunity to visit a French-Mongolian cheese farm about one hour and a half drive from UB here in Mongolia, I couldn't resist!

Before the bus trip (approximately -20 to -25 degrees)

The Mongolian country-side (view from the bus window)

The business specialises in making many types of French cheese. It was started by a French man who has been living in UB for a few years with his Mongolian wife. He and his family and friends made us a delicious lunch of cheese, cheese and more cheese in the form of fondu and melted cheese on baked potatoes.

I ended up taking home a small wheel of brie and a large portion of this one on the bottom-right. I'm hoping to get some of their goats cheese and cream that they didn't have the factory but can buy in UB (cream like we know it is particularly difficult to find in Mongolia).

The landscape by which the factory is surrounded is absolutely beautiful. The recent snowfall and the blue skies for the day made it even more amazing.