Merry Cheesemas: I ate everything with cheese for a day, including some dubious TikTok recipes, and here’s how it went , Lifestyle News
We are less than two weeks away from Dec 25, and with more festive food specials being launched each day, it’s beginning to look and smell a lot like Christmas.
As a cheese lover, one festive special in particular caught my eye. That is, Burger King’s spread of Cheesemas delights. From burgers with cheese rings to all-new cheese coins, I couldn’t resist but add them to my list of new foods to try.
Coupled with the many cheese food trends popping up on my TikTok FYP recently, this got me thinking: how about I try eating everything with cheese for one day and take the chance to experiment with some of these funky yet intriguing food trends?
I couldn’t find any reason not to, so I gathered some of these recipes I’ve been yearning to try and got down to some serious cheese feastin’ for a day.
Breakfast
I started off my day bright and early with Burger King’s new Cheesemas Turkey Ham Croissan’wich with Egg. I’m a huge fan of their usual Croissan’wich as it always hits the spot when I’m craving something savoury, so I could barely contain my excitement to try this.
Featuring a new burger build, their Cheesemas Croissan’wich came with the standard turkey ham, a fluffy egg, mayonnaise and a brand new cheese ring.
The fried cheese ring turned out to be a nice touch, adding some crunch and more texture to the burger. As an elevated version of the usual Croissan’wich, this breakfast sandwich did its job of curbing my cravings for a hearty first meal of the day.
Lunch
Feeling adventurous, I decided to whip something up in the kitchen for lunch. When I first saw Gordon Ramsey bashing this grilled cheese ramen recipe on TikTok, I knew I had to try it out for myself.
The original recipe from TikTok user mythicalkitchen is pretty straightforward; all you need is any packet of ramen, sliced cheese, two pieces of bread, butter and some Colby-jack cheese. As I couldn’t find any Colby-jack cheese at the supermarket nearby, I substituted it with some creamy gouda…..