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/2011/11/eatdrinkblog-kingsleys-steak-and-crab-house-woolloomooloo/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/eatdrinkblog-kingsleys-steak-and-crab-house-woolloomooloo/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:10:33 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=2500 I’m not much for fancy dinners, perhaps because I’m a woman of the people, or, more likely, because I can’t afford to eat them. Contrary to what some may have you believe, I’m not invited to eat for free in trendy restaurants on a regular basis. Or at all. Ever. Once, I was invited to review a burger joint I already frequented. And I paid. That’s the sum total of my invitations to restaurants. When other food bloggers say if they didn’t eat on the house, they’d never get to blog a high class place, I have literally no idea what they’re talking about. Oh, for the luxury of agonising over the ethics of disclosure...]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/eatdrinkblog-kingsleys-steak-and-crab-house-woolloomooloo/feed/ 19 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/5-things-i-learned-about-food-bloggers-eatdrinkblog-2011/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/5-things-i-learned-about-food-bloggers-eatdrinkblog-2011/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:23:22 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=2481 1. They hate food fads just as much as you do Macarons. Masterchef. Those over-blogged ‘it’ restaurants. Food bloggers have been there, done that, or at least read it in their mile-long blogroll. At EatDrinkBlog, one food blogger admitted to me, in hushed tones ‘I don’t think macarons are that great, actually.’ I had another prominent food blogger email me to agree that Sydney’s recent night noodle markets were both overrated and lacking in noodles. Chances are your fave food blogger is as sick of hearing about Jamie’s Italian as you are...or soon will be. 2. They’re zeitgeisty, not trendy Food bloggers will break the next big thing months before the more cautious mainstream media. By taking risks, readers feel they get the inside scoop and other bloggers can follow suit and put in their 2 cents. As a rule, food bloggers don’t blog an experience they’re not that enamoured with, unless it’s macarons, possibly served at the night noodle markets by one of the contestants of masterchef, so the initial buzz bloggers create is often well-deserved.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/5-things-i-learned-about-food-bloggers-eatdrinkblog-2011/feed/ 24