Cocu Kitchen for Healthy Lunch in Dublin

Welcome to Dublin’s newest healthy lunch spot, Cocu Kitchen! I had seen inklings of Cocu Kitchen a few months ago when it was getting ready to open and I was excited to finally have a chance to try it out with Nora last week.

I’ll start this little Cocu Kitchen story by telling you that on their opening day not that long ago, Cocu Kitchen donated all of their proceeds to FoodCloud, a Dublin-based charity that helps businesses redistribute leftover food to the hungry. So we start with that awesome building block. Then we add to it a menu full of healthy, filling salad options and a good dose of Scandinavian-inspired minimalist design and we get a really successful little food counter-cafe.   When we arrived at 2pm on a Friday, the weekday work crowd was still lining up out the door, so we walked around the block and ogled beautiful Georgian doors while it quieted down. When we finally had the place to ourselves (just the way we like it for snapping a few photos), we munched ourselves full on Vietnamese Chicken salad with leafy greens and peanutty dressing.  The portions were big, the salad dressing was delicious, and the vibe was altogether fresh. It’s so nice to have a decidedly healthy option for lunch (or breakfast, actually) in the city! 

Thanks to Nora for snapping so many lovely photos of me with my mouth full! 😉 Yum yum!

Cocu Kitchen / 9 Baggot Street / Dublin 4 / www.cocu.ie