The Cheese Bar

It’s naughty, nice, and if you overindulge, you might have a nightmare. Cheese is basically the new booze, but now the people behind street food legend The Cheese Truck have gone and made it official by opening The Cheese Bar. The Cheese Bar's biggest feature is that it genuinely appears like a bar. After operating out of a bright yellow ice-cream van for the past three years, it's evident that entrepreneur Mathew Carver put great effort into constructing this, his first permanent location.

The tiny room is dominated by a sleek, rectangular marble counter underneath a burlesque club in Camden Stables Market. Sitting here seems more sexy than any other place that smells like brie should: there's low strip lighting, an allegedly Drake-only soundtrack, and plenty of nice and easygoing bartenders to guide you through the cheese-centric menu. Be cautious not to drool on that menu, which reads like gastronomic soft porn.

The Cheese Truck only served (unbelievably delicious) grilled cheese sarnies, but the Bar’s branched out to serve all manner of cheese-based delights. A case in point: the truffled baron bigod (a brie made with raw cow’s milk) was almost indecently creamy. The wonderful thing about this dish was that the truffle was present without being overpowering – each bite was like cool silk on your tongue. A perfect dish to follow this with was the indulgently oily ‘young buck’ stilton raclette – a hot mess of fried potatoes, sharp blue cheese and smoky strips of meat. Best of all, though, were those grilled-cheese sandwiches.

Google rating: 4.4/5

Phone: +44 20 7428 6441

Address: Unit 93 - 94, Chalk Farm Rd, Chalk Farm, London NW1 8AH, United Kingdom

Service options: Dine-in · Takeaway · No delivery

Prices: £30 - £49

Website: http://www.thecheesebar.com/