Does anybody know where to get cottage cheese? I don't think I've seen them at CitiShop or the shop at Jingan Station and the Chinese supermarkets definitely do not have them

I was looking for the same thing. Let me know if you find anything.

How about ricotta cheese?

Just bought Australian cottage cheese and Italian ricotta at City Shop in Hong Mei Lu.

I've seen both cottage cheese and ricotta at City shop and at Carrefour, but like a lot of items it can disappear from the shelves for awhile.
Cottage Cheese is Dairy Farmers brand.

I've seen ricotta at Carrefour in Cloud Nine /Zhongshan Park.
I remember it cause it was quite pricey, it was something around 10 Euro for 500g?

tigerduck wrote:I've seen ricotta at Carrefour in Cloud Nine /Zhongshan Park.
I remember it cause it was quite pricey, it was something around 10 Euro for 500g?

100rmb for a half kg? please tell me was the brand or at least in which section did you see it, i have been looking for it for a very while without sucess and all i have found was pricey than 100rmb for a 200g.

Hi Guys
Ive seen Cottage Cheese at City shop in the Portman Centre, but i dont think they buy much of it so its a hit n miss affair if its available all not. Otherwise the Carrefour in HongQuaio have it in there cheese and sliced meat deli section as i saw it and bought some about 3 weeks ago. It wasnt that expensive but still enough to make you spread it thinner on the cracker
Happy Hunting

You could always try making your own
http://www.howtomakecheese.co.za/

latina, it was Carrefour in Cloud Nine, section for imported milk/cheese stuff. (But it was in .... July .....)


@Michael, yes thats what I'm doing too, making my own yoghurt, curd cheese, cream cheese etc.

However it's a real slow process to make curd cheese so I fear I will never bake my favourite cheese cake in China (need 1kg of curd cheese .... )

tigerduck - what milk do you use to make your own cheese? when I made yoghurt out of the milk here I couldn't get it to get very thick so wasn't convinced that It would work for cheese.

Cottage cheese> It's in the cheese section, near the cream cheese at city shop and carrefour, and pines the market place on Anfu lu. Have seen it at Portmans and Xujiahui city shops, and hongqiao and zhongshan carrefour.

my boyfriend is addicted to it and we usually buy 2 containers every couple of weeks.

Hangzhou wrote:tigerduck - what milk do you use to make your own cheese? when I made yoghurt out of the milk here I couldn't get it to get very thick so wasn't convinced that It would work for cheese.

New Zealand UHT milk.
I wanted to switch to fresh milk but I still didn't try.

Did u use a Chinese yoghurt for starter or did u use u r own lactic culture?
I'm using lactic cultures as a starter since I don't know if it'll work with the Chinese yoghurt (since it's always sweetened)?

For ricotta I have a wholesale dealer. 43 rmb for 250 g. We are placing an order, let me know if you are interested.

Hangzhou wrote:tigerduck - what milk do you use to make your own cheese? when I made yoghurt out of the milk here I couldn't get it to get very thick so wasn't convinced that It would work for cheese.

I am using Chinese milk but the starter yogurt is a Ambrosia full fat (blue) yogurt very solid and ferm- It costs rmb5.5 in Carrefour and nearly RMB7.5 at Cityshop.
My yogurts are super thick