The cellar’s thick sandstone walls provide an ideally stable, dark and humid environment for growing mushrooms.
The University of Queensland's historic Customs House in central Brisbane is renowned for its elegant architecture, fine dining and magnificent views to the Story Bridge - and now a delicious secret is lurking in the cellar. Customs House director Brian Roberts said the thick sandstone walls provided an ideally stable, dark and humid environment for growing mushrooms. "Our menu focuses on fresh local produce," Mr Roberts said. "You can't get much more local than growing the food on-site. "Another place in the city has a beehive on their roof - which got us thinking about what we could do. Then we came up with the idea of growing mushrooms in the cellar. "It's very much in line with our philosophy of valuing the environment and trying to limit our footprint by using sustainable, organic and biodynamic ingredients where possible." Customs House's Delicious Cellar Secret from The University of Queensland on Vimeo.
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