We Love Cheese! | 50 of Brisbane’s Cheesiest Dishes

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The Urban List is home to some serious cheese nuts. We’ve been known to switch a birthday cake for a wheel of brie, when ordering pizza we make like Kevin McAllister and always choose the cheesiest option, and in the eternal dessert VS cheese platter struggle, cheese always comes out on top.

And we know we’re not alone, ‘cause Brisbane is home to some epic cheese feasts: be it a cheese-stuffed burger, oozy soufflé, gooey bake camembert, crispy grilled cheese, or a well stocked cheese platter, there’s no shortage of cheese dishes to keep our dairy quota up.

Got milk? Yeah you do. Here are 50 of the best cheese dishes in Brisbane

1. Bar Alto’s Cheese Platter: 3 Italian cheeses, with walnut toast and quince mermalata. One of Brisbane’s best cheese platters.
2. Spring’s Four Cheese Jaffle: Cheddar, mozzarella, Swiss, and brie. 
3. The Blue Cheese Soufflé at The Alliance Hotel. 
4. Miss Kay’s Mac Daddy: an epic mac n cheese burger.
5. Getta Burger’s Filthy Fries: smothered in cheese and topped with smoked brisket, pulled pork, grilled onions and maple bacon. So called filthy, ‘cause that’s how you’ll feel afterwards.
6. The Bounty’s manchego fritters.
7. Papa Jack’s Fries with cheese fondue and bacon crumbs. Double dipping’s never been more appealing.
8. Black Pearl Epicure’s epic cheese fridge. Go to here.
9. The Cheesy New York pretzel at NY Brew Co.
10. Red Hook’s Deep-Fried mac and cheese squares with fries. One of the most intense cheese experiences in town.
11. The Cheese Pleaser’s cheese hampers, ideal for picnics.
12. The entire cheese menu at Coppa Spuntino. One of our favourite new Brisbane cheese menus.
13. South Side Diner’s mac n’ cheese with green pea leaf spinach and goats cheese.
14. The Cheese Menu at Customs House, served with warm walnut bread and house-made lavosh. An oldie and a goldie, the triple cream will change your life. 
15. The ricotta gelato at La Macelleria.
16. Bread & Meat Co.’s pulled pork, spinach, and mac n cheese on a toasted ciabatta.
17. Roast mushrooms, tarragon crumb, and black pepper mascarpone at The Survey Co. An uptown twist on everybody’s fave dessert cheese.
18. The goats cheese mac n cheese at Mighty Mighty.
19. The quattro formaggi pizza at Pizzeria Violetta.
20. Julius Pizzeria’s frittelle de ricotta: fried ricotta and goats cheese dumplings, with orange syrup and vanilla bean ice cream. 
21. Tinderbox Kitchen’s buffalo haloumi with San Daniele and figs.
22. Standard Market Co.’s cheese pit. Dive in.
23. Newstead Brewing Co.’s pulled pork chilli cheese fries.
24. Harveys’ haloumi-crumbed chicken schnitzel, with mashed potatoes, zucchini, peas, mint, feta, and roasted potato emulsion. HALOUMI CRUMBED SCHNITTY. That is all.
25. Gerard’s Bar’s fresh cheese, sweet potato, and caraway.
26. Tank’s manchego and sopressa croquettes.
27. Aria’s poached rhubarb and ricotta ice cream with beetroot marshmallow.
28. 1889 Enoteca’s spaghetti cacio e pepe, spaghetti adorned with only 2-year aged Pecorino Romano and black pepper. Perfection!
29. Buffalo Bar’s board of soul: Buttermilk fried chicken, served with mac n cheese, blue cheese slaw, hush puppies, and gravy.
30. Moga’s camembert cheese katsu: Camembert crumbed with Japanese bread crumbs, deep fried, and served with spiced barbecue dipping sauce.
31. Pony’s double-baked gruyere soufflé with fire-roasted hazelnuts and fig relish.
32. The poutine at Sixes and Sevens: Chips, cheese curd, gravy. Nuff said.
33. PJ Steak’s triple cheesesteak hoagie: Wagyu steak with provolone, American, and cheddar cheese. One of the cheesiest sangas out.
34. The grilled cheese at Southside Tea Room: Swiss and cheddar on white bread with Dirty Mayo dipping sauce.
35. Super Whatnot’s pao de queijo, a Brazilian cheese bread. Ideally washed down with a beer.
36. Chip Tease’s nacho fiesta chips, topped with salsa, cheese, sour cream, and jalapenos. Artery-clogging, 
37. The La Sinorita pizza at Pizzartist by Holloway: Pancetta, gorgonzola, mozzarella, parmesan, and fresh rocket. One of the best new cheese pizzas in Brisbane.
38. Sorellina’s crumbed mozz sticks with tomato sauce.
39. The grilled cheese at Two Trees Sandwich Shop, with aged white cheddar, American mustard, and shaved red onion. 
40. Tomahawk’s baked camembert: A whole wheel of Barossa Valley camembert, baked until gooey, served with warm crusty sourdough. A Brisbane cheese dish so good it’s worth a face plant.
41. Fish Lane Bistro’s twice cooked manchego cheese soufflé with walnut, figs, and nashi pear.
42. Alfredo’s Sex Pistols pizza, with gorgonzola, parmesan, taleggio, mozzarella, and rosemary. 
43. Madame Wu’s mascarpone panna cotta, with rosella and sesame.
44. Los Villano’s nachos, with queso manchego, queso fresco, and pickled jalapenos. Queso = cheese in española, fyi.
45. The Welsh Lady’s lemon cheesecake, with swirls of lemon butter.
46. Bucci’s Burrata Tratufata: A stretched curd cheese with a soft, creamy centre, served with truffled James Street honey, crisp pancetta, blueberries, and walnuts.
47. The Vine’s vanilla bean baked cheesecake, with salted caramel, white chocolate, and macadamia ice cream.
48. CrossTown Eating House’s haloumi tortillas, with avocado, black beans, tomato, coriander, lime, and sour cream.
49. Tartufo’s calzone fritti: Handmade calzone filled with ricotta, provola, mozzarella, and salame, fried, and topped with fresh tomato and parmesan. Holy cheese balls, these are good.
50. Gourmet H-Dogz’ smoky bacon and bourbon barbecue sauce hot dog, topped with vintage cheese and chives.

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