So it sounds weird, but people are going crazy over cheese tea

Chizu’s jasmine green tea features strong green tea flavours with a frothy layer of cream cheese on top. ― RAYMOND OOI/The Star

Until recently, people in China were consuming virtually no cheese. Aside from nomadic tribes in Mongolia and Tibet who lead a herding lifestyle and make cheese from yak and goat milk, cheese has otherwise never been a part of the mainstream Chinese diet.

But globalisation is a powerful thing, and slowly but surely, an entire population found themselves being converted – lactose intolerance notwithstanding – as increased travel, awareness and wanting to be “in” brought about rampant change.