I need cheese help.

[sao123]

Ok, so I went to this bread and sandwich shop I think its called panera bread. I had this awesome sandwich with the cheese on it i never had before, adn this cheese was just so great, I have to have more. I asked the waitress what kind of cheese it was, and she said gouda.
alls well so far, so I went to giant eagle and bought a block of gouda, brought it home and it tastes horrible. Nothign like the cheese at the restaurant. It was horrible. This was a half moon shaped cheese. It was mild and creamy, like munster or provolone. and it had some smokeyflavor and was brownish about 1/8 inch from the edge inward, so im assuming it was some type of maple or hickory smoked. But the gouda cheese i got at the giant eagle was hard and brittle and sharp like white cheddar.

Then I started looking on the internet and found out that theres are several hundred (exxadutation) types of gouda cheese. So can sum1 help me pick the right gouda?
Ive seen dutch, holland, european, all types of gouda cheese, but i cant identify or find the one i had at this panera sandwich place.

Can sum1 help?

 

[sygyzy]

Smoked Gouda.

 

[Saint Nick]

well was it white cheddar?

 

[Vinney]

Smoked Gouda -
http://www.cheese.com/Description.asp?Name=Smoked%20Gouda

This was your sandwich ? -
Bacon Turkey Bravo®
Smoked turkey breast, smoked bacon, smoked Gouda, leaf lettuce, tomatoes and our signature dressing, on our Tomato Basil bread.

 

[sygyzy]

This is not rocket science. What is the name of the sandwhich you had? It is one of the following cheeses:

swiss
smoked Cheddar
asiago-Parmesan
mozzarella
fresh mozzarella
asiago
smoked Gouda

 

[amoeba]

its smoked gouda.

it was likely mislabled in the store as I've never found gouda to be hard.

 

[spidey07]

agree on the smoked gouda.

Heck, ANY smoked cheese is like ambrosia. Smoked cheddar/gouda in particular.

 

[laurenlex]

Was it fromunda cheese?

 

[sao123]

what i bought at the store was dutch vincent gouda. It was definately not smoked. hard, brittle, and somewhat sharp. The store didnt have smoke gouda, my other choice was holland gouda. I think i need to check a different store.

i had the chicken tuscan sandwich with gouda cheese.

but there are almost as many gouda cheeses as there are different zinfindel wines. each with its own different flavor and texture.