Lover of cheddar here looking to branch out and try more cheeses. I am looking for a semi-soft or semi-hard cheese for snacking purposes, and I prefer ones that have that "creamy" mouthfeel as opposed to being dry like a gruyere, for example.
Cheeses I have tried and my thoughts:
goat cheese (not a fan of the taste)
feta (love it but only in salads as I find it quite salty)
port salut: texture was good but the flavour tasted so processed to me and unlike a real cheese which should have complex flavours
parmesan (love the taste but don't crave it or eat it alone; tend to add a lot of it to pasta)
blue cheese (I quite enjoy the taste but just knowing there is "mold" in the cheese makes it difficult for me to enjoy it)
aged havarti (castello): probably one of my top favourites so far but I don't have any other havartis to compare this to for reference
gruyere: meh - not bad but not something i'd buy again
dubliner: literally just tastes like a less-complex parmesan
brie: like it enough to eat it but i hate the aftertaste the rind gives the cheese
Cheeses I am thinking of trying next:
bellavitano (hesitant because have heard people say it's basically parmesan and I don't want something that's too close to parm - my fridge is constantly stocked with parm already)
jarlsberg
taleggio
fontina