Sacred Wheel Cheese Shop

4935 Shattuck Avenue Oakland, CA 94609 (510) 653-1353

I love this cheese shop; it’s small and still trying to find it’s cheese feet but the passion that owner Jenna Davidson Hood puts into every aspect of the store and food just pulls me all the way across the bridge and into her store.

I’ve been chasing this mac and cheese ($2) for a while now. First time they ran out; second time I came on the one day they were closed. But this time, I Facebook’ed them ahead of time to make sure a piece was available and saved for me. And was it worth the wait.

It comes out all unassuming – see:

Sacred Wheel Seared Mac and Cheese

Oh and that little side thing… it’s an amazing housemade Sweet Cock Sauce. It’s not my name, that’s what they call it. Or maybe I started calling it that maybe it was really “Sweet Rooster Sauce”. Not sure, don’t care – it’s liquid gold; use it on everything!

So this may look a little boring but take a look at what happens after I tip it out of the bowl and finish it to my liking with the Sweet Cock Sauce and a dusting of parm cheese.

ooo la la - looks so good; tastes even better

Oh my goodness. This mac and cheese is incredible. Each noodle was hiding a squirt of cheese sauce. It was the perfect level of creaminess with a very apparent cheese flavor – though mild and smooth. Jena used Tillamook cheddar, Sierra Nevada Cream Cheese, P.R. (Parmigiano-Reggianno)  for sure – I think she also threw in a couple of other cheeses too. The cheese selection for this dish rotates every batch depending  what Jena has on hand and what tickles her fancy! I was too busy licking out the container of sauce to write down the cheese combo for this batch – seriously the sauce is that good.

The noodles were not al dente nor were they mushy – perfectly done mid way between those two points. Their was enough sauce to make things moist but not enough to make the mac and cheese square  fall apart – again perfect. The seared crusts on top and bottom take on a nutty and crisp cracker quality probably due to the hefty amounts of P.R.! Sooooo goooood.

The only downside is that I should have gotten 2 squares. This is a total deal. The ONLY comment I have to make is that a little black pepper mixed in with the cheeses would have made everything pop even more. Ah, screw it put more Sweet Cock sauce on it!!!!! That will be the new answer to everything.

~ah cheese, you feel so good in my tummy~