The evening began with some brilliant stand up comedy by Sahil Shah, one of the founding members of the East India Comedy. For a change it was good to listen to someone who was intelligent with his comedy routine, not overtly sexual in his references and quite spontaneous too. How often can you take a simple pair of green pants and include it in your set seamlessly! Sahil's set was spot on, perfectly timed and he brilliantly worked his audience.

The three cheese platter of Gouda, Cheddar and Colby paired with crackers, figs and grapes came out first. At this time, Chef Ranveer took it upon himself to offer myriad quick ways to serve up cheese of different kinds. Here are some of his suggestions

- Blend together lettuce, lemon juice, pepper, a touch of mayo and some ice to create a sorbet that provides a brilliant offset.
- You can also make a jam of half boiled and chopped mushroom, slit chillies by placing them together in a microwave with a seasoning of seasalt.
- Give your olives accompaniment an interesting twist with a tadka of panch phoran.
- When plums are in season, place them in a microwave, pits and all, with salt, sugar and pepper. Cook till gooey and serve up with your cheese.

Next up on the tasting front were dishes made of cheese. Starting with the Cheesy Pepper Agrodolce Calzone with Crumbly Angels Chilli Grape Chutney. The Monterey Jack and Cheddar Cheesy flour nachos with an avocado salsa sauce were brilliant considering the flour had been rubbed with the cheese before being formed into nachos. Next up the Sliced Cheese, Biere Mustard Tomato and Olives bruschetta, which with that sharp hit of mustard was spot on and my pick of the lot - the Beetroot Carpaccio - stuffed with herb Almatte and micro greens - in Chef Ranveer's words, you can't get better cottage cheese than this around! 

The dessert platter had on the Saffron Cream Syllabub with fresh fruits and Biscotti Crumbles as well as the Almette Cheese Topped Humming Bird Cake with Edible Flowers. Both pleasant, with a very Indian touch - almost reminding of a kesar kulfi in a toned down version.

I paired reds all through my tasting preferring to let the tannins get my tastebuds going to get a better feel of the cheese and the dishes made of them. I particularly liked it when I had the mustard tinged bruschetta and the creamy Beetroot Carpaccio.

The takeaway for the evening was a hamper of Go Cheese products - Badam milk, Butterscotch milk, plain cheese slices, a box of flavored cheese slices in packs of twos, butter milk and regular milk. The Butterscotch milk was nice cold, but I personally found it a bit too strong on the flavouring. The buttermilk, my anytime drink was great post dinner. The little one who enjoys her cheese sandwiches liked the plain slices both grilled and plain.

Disclaimer: This post has been published in collaboration with Go Cheese. The views expressed are personal and unbiased.