Cheese in Asia 奶酪在亞洲

I just read some story about the rise of the cheese consumption in Asia, propelled by American food chains with their offering such as cheese sandwiches and pizzas. 

最近我读到一些故事講述美國食品鏈與他們的產品，如奶酪三明治和比薩餅，推動了奶酪消費在亞洲的增长。

Cheese is the best thing I learned to enjoy in the U.S.  In China, the dairy product I ever had was milk and whipped cream.  In the U.S., particularly in the food-crazed California, we have huge varieties of cheese, with all kinds of textures, hardness and creaminess and flavors.

奶酪是我在美國學會了享受的最好的食品。 在中國时，我吃过的乳制品只有牛奶和掼奶油。在美國，特別是在讲究食品的加利福尼亞州，我們有极多品種的奶酪，拥有各種材質，硬度，奶油度和风味。

The only Chinese food I can think of to compare is dumplings.  The most famous dumpling restaurant in my home city, Shenyang, 老边饺子馆 (Old Bians' Dumpling Restaurant), boasts several dozens kinds of fillings.


唯一可比的中國菜是餃子。我的故乡沈陽的最有名的餃子館，老邊餃子館，擁有幾十種品种。



Cheese can be a tough sell to Asian countries where pastures are not widely available and dairy productions are not daily staple food.  Its distinctive flavor and smell can put off some people and maybe even upset someone's stomach - someone claims that Asians lack a certain enzyme to digest cheese.

奶酪可能较難推銷給沒有很多牧場的亞洲國家，那里奶製品不是每天主食。奶酪的獨特的風味和氣味让人排斥，甚至可能造成消化问题 - 有人称亚洲人缺乏消化奶酪的酶。


I fell in love with cheese immediately and appreciate good cheese very much, but am not shy away from cheesy food generally offered in fast food chains. Quality not quantity.

我从一开始就愛上了奶酪，并学会了欣賞优质奶酪，同时我迴避快餐連鎖店提供的一大滩奶酪的食品。质量而不是数量。

When my parents visited me from China about ten years ago, I was a bit concerned with their ability to appreciate it cheese or even to be able to digest it, particularly my mother who does not like taste of butter much.  However, they enjoyed the good Parmesan cheese I served with pastas very much and I felt confident enough to serve them more varieties of safe (less smelly) kind cheese. 

大約十年前，當我的父母從中國来看我，我有點擔心他們肯不肯吃奶酪，能不能消化它，尤其是我的不喜歡奶油的味道母親。然而，他們很喜欢我加在通心粉里的乾酪，我有信心让他們尝试了更多品種的安全（味道不重的）的奶酪。
 
I don't doubt that some Chinese and other Asian people have trouble in digesting dairy product but many don't and they can learn to appreciate good cheeses just as well as westerners.

我不懷疑，一些中國和其他亞洲人有困難消化乳製品，但很多人没有这个问题，他們可以學會和西方人一样欣賞好的奶酪。