They say you always remember your first Canadian cheese. Oka from Oka, Quebec is mine. Her milky interior was soft, buttery but with a hint of resistance. Her bloomy pale flesh exterior gave no clue to the creaminess beneath the cool surface. Oh, yes, back to the cheese.
Oka is a semi-soft, rindwashed wheel with a pale yellow interior and orange mold rind exterior. If you east just the buttery center the cheese is pleasant. Combined with the top and bottom rind a delightful note of maturity and complexity is added. Good cheese, eh!

Name: Oka or Oka Classique
Type of Milk: cow's, unpasteurized
Type: semi-soft
Produced in: Canada
Date Purchased: 12/27/2006
Date Eaten: 12/31/2006
Purchased Where: United States, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, A Southern Season
Price: $13.99/lb.