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/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/2012/04/the-grounds-of-alexandria/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/04/the-grounds-of-alexandria/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:23:08 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=3333 There’s something in the water in Alexandria. One by one, disused warehouses are being converted into cafes and bars. Sympathetic renovations abound - think Allpress Espresso, Kitchen by Mike, Don Campos, Bread and Circus or Sonomo HQ. Further afield you’ve got the likes of Brasserie Bread and Freda’s Bar and Canteen taking up residence. Add The Grounds to the list of cavernous and ultra modern spaces slightly off the beaten path of the inner southwest. The Grounds is situated on the corner of Huntley street and Bourke Road. It’s is in the same ‘complex’ as 4143 at The James Barnes. It felt like this place would never open, but open it did for the first time yesterday, so this morning I went to check it out. ]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/04/the-grounds-of-alexandria/feed/ 21 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/04/cafe-review%e2%80%93allpress-espresso-zetland/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/04/cafe-review%e2%80%93allpress-espresso-zetland/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:38:08 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=1247 Allpress Espresso started in New Zealand, now has a roastery in Zetland, Sydney, has opened a café in London and is slowly spreading its brand to cafés all over Sydney. They even have an iphone app to help you track down their brews.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/04/cafe-review%e2%80%93allpress-espresso-zetland/feed/ 10