http://www.corridorkitchen.com Necessity is the mother of invention. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:46:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/07/lunch-at-la-paula-fairfield/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/07/lunch-at-la-paula-fairfield/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:39:08 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=4026 For me, the holy grail of westie food, elusive and delicious, has always been La Paula. I had heard nothing but good things and it had been on my wishlist for aaaaaaaaaages. I’d even visited their nearby branch in Kingsford with their more pared-back menu and had some delicious alfajores and empanadas, but I knew it wasn’t the full experience. So I’ve been licking my lips in anticipation of Chilean sweets and fast food for some time now. A month ago, a group of us finally stopped in for a veritable feast of sweets, softly ensconced sandwiches and dulce de leche delights. No one left disappointed. Or hungry.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/07/lunch-at-la-paula-fairfield/feed/ 6 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/07/cafe-review-bread-nerds-hume-canberra/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/07/cafe-review-bread-nerds-hume-canberra/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 03:45:40 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=3849 When I was 12, I picked out our new house. Well, that’s how it felt to me anyway. Yes, I know it was really my mum who made the decision and handed over the cash. But the second I entered the place, with its rambling, north facing garden, wooden floors and loads of light, I felt at home. Looking back, I think it was that discovery of home that made my adolescence a time of relative sanity. It was also that feeling of having a home that made it so easy, 7 years later, to strike out with no real plan and very little money, enrol myself in art school, and force myself into a place where I would do something productive and wind my way to my own true home. I’m still looking for that home, both metaphorically and literally.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/07/cafe-review-bread-nerds-hume-canberra/feed/ 11 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/12/cafe-review-brasserie-bread/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/12/cafe-review-brasserie-bread/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:56:35 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=2645 Disclaimer: I was recently a lucky participant in a free bread making class with Brasserie Bread. They were also one of the sponsors of Eat. Drink. Blog. 2011, which I attended. Senhor R and I headed to Brasserie Bread one Saturday not so long ago after breakfast at Sonoma HQ in hopes of a quick coffee. We arrived during the breakky-to-lunch changeover. It was pretty damn busy in the light, bright café, with its communal tables, concrete floors and huge sheet glass windows. As you walk through the doors, the bakery counter is directly in front of you if you want to buy breads, pastries and cakes to go. To our left was the baking class room, which is visible from both he café and outside. To the right, beyond all the seating, was their order-and-pay-at-the-counter set –up of breakfast, pastries, sandwiches and Allpress coffee.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/12/cafe-review-brasserie-bread/feed/ 5 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/bourke-street-bakery-marrickville/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/bourke-street-bakery-marrickville/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:30:29 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=2570 So it will come as no surprise to anyone that I’m not the least bit interested in checking out the Bourke Street Bakery that is actually on Bourke Street- that line around the block is way too Porteño for me (Haha. Clever double entendre there). Until recently I had been to all their other branches, including their now defunct Broadway branch and their offshoot Central Baking Depot. But I hadn’t been to their Marrickville store, and I vowed to before they open another branch. Oh wait, they just did. It’s in Potts Point and apparently even bigger. Anyway, I finally went to check out a couple of weeks ago, in what shall be known as 'Lau and Senhor R’s weekend of bakery madness', where we checked out Bourke Street Bakery Marrickville, Brasserie Bread in Banksmeadow and Sonoma Alexandria (twice). And when I say ‘checked out’ you of course understand that I mean ‘drank coffee and ate pastries at every single bakery.’]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/bourke-street-bakery-marrickville/feed/ 10 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/sonoma-bakery-cafe-alexandria/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/sonoma-bakery-cafe-alexandria/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:14:39 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=2512 Weekend breakky used to be one of my favourite rituals. I had my places, I had my fave orders. But lately, it’s kind of fallen off the radar. So a couple of weeks ago, Senhor R and I jumped in the car and went to one of our all-time best breakky haunts, only to be greeted by sad, overpriced food and lacklustre service. We vowed never again to set out on a breakfast quest without a place in mind. Having heard good things about Sonoma Bakery Café, the relatively new Sonoma HQ, we decided to head southwards for something new. We were greeted by a huge warehouse space, Allpress-like in its interior. An order-and-pay-at-counter affair, said counter was laden with delicious looking sandwiches and pastry. As we stood surveying the offerings, a barista offered us the breakky menu. Easy to see it was out first visit. ]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/sonoma-bakery-cafe-alexandria/feed/ 13