Cheeselog

Folks, meet Liu Yang. Mr. Yang lives on the outskirts of Beijing and was destined (and trained) to become a mid-level IT manager. Instead, he threw caution - and his life savings - to the wind and began making his own cheese. He now sells such creations as “Beijing Grey” Camembert in his own shop. Note: Yang claims his Camembert is not named after the Beijing smog. Either way, we think this would be a great complement to Humboldt Fog from California :)

We here at Cheesetique would like to give a huge shout-out to Mr. Yang, who took a chance on a dream, even when unsure about how it would be received. You see, the Chinese are not famous for their cheese-adoration. In fact, a huge insult in China is to say that someone smells like cheese. (But really, even in America, we would not want someone saying we smell like cheese, would we?) Anyway, his efforts have not yet been rewarded - the natives are cautious but curious. Yang hopes that soon, his business will take off.

Bravo, Liu Yang, for being an inspiration to us all. I just have one question: do you ship?

I read about Yang here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6000393/Chinese-cheesemaker-tries-to-woo-sceptical-nation.html
Thanks to @doubleeindc for sending me a Tweet about it!