CAFÉ de COCONUT

Dating from 1802, the term café comes from the French 'café (meaning "coffee", or "coffee house") and the Italian "caffe'" (also meaning "coffee"). In 1839, "café teria" had been copied in American English from Mexican Spanish to indicate a coffee-store. But the "café" has been reinvented many times over the centuries.

Coconut Republic Museum presents its own unique version of Café de Coconut.

Coconut Republic Museum's Café de Coconut is historically important in that it heralded a new authentic coconut-inspired architecture and design. Coconut is an environmentally - intelligent material that is now causing a stir with forward-thinking designers.

Experience true Coconut Culture by dining in our café's coconut-inspired interiors as well as tasting our Asian fusion coconut cuisine. We present a new vibrancy with the use of natural coconut materials mixed with other indigenous materials such as bamboo, rattan, abaca and capiz shells.

The come-back of the coconut has created new tastes and trends.

In our café, you can check-out our two-toned classic coconut floor and wall tiles; our chairs are made of rattan and inlaid with natural coconut shells. Our table tops are made of resin inlaid with natural coconut twigs; Our sconce and floor lamps are made with natural coconut shells which are individually hand-crafted with intricate designs. Our bread baskets, serving trays and plate chargers are made with authentic coconut twigs. Our spoons, forks, knives have natural coconut handles. Our doors are intricately hand-crafted and made with natural cut-out coconut shells combined with sea shells. The café's interior decorations and accessories are uniquely hand-crafted out of coconut-based products and materials with a modern and high-end look and feel.

COCONUT CUISINE:

We serve authentic coconut dishes and desserts from coconut-producing countries around the world, as well as coconut-inspired dishes by American and European culinary chefs and health-food enthusiasts.

You will truly have a unique dining experience with our varied coconut concoctions and coconut confections.

In our kitchen, we only use the finest natural and organic coconut-based ingredients such as Coconut Republic's heart-healthy, rich in Lauric acid and loaded with medium chain triglycerides virgin coconut oil. We also use organic coconut vinegar, coconut flour, coconut sugar, coconut water, coconut milk and other natural, coconut-based ingredients.

All dishes and desserts we serve have no transfatty acids, no hydrogenation and no preservatives. Enjoy our heart-healthy Coconut Diet.

Our Coconut Menus include the following:

APPETIZERS:

Coconut Raita
Basil Coconut Spread

SOUPS:

Chicken Coconut Broth
Coconut Garlic Soup
Red Lentil and Coconut Soup
Cauliflower and Coconut Soup
Catfish Coconut Soup
Cambodian Chicken-Coconut Soup
Coconut Chowder

SALADS:

Celery and Coconut Salad
Fruit and Coconut Salad
Pomegranate Salad with Lemon Coconut Dressing

SAUCES ,DRESSINGS AND CHUTNEYS:

Garlic Coconut Butter
Coconut Tahini Sauce
Coconut Sour Cream
Orange Coconut Dressing
Savory Coconut and Banana

RICE:

Coconut Rice Pilaf
Burmese Coconut Rice
Balinese Coconut Sweet Rice

CHICKEN DISHES:

Basil Chicken in Coconut Curry Sauce
Braised Chicken in Coconut Milk
Caribou Coconut Chicken
Chicken Adobo in Coconut Milk
Chicken and Spinach in Coconut Milk
Chicken in Chili - Coconut Sauce

BEEF DISHES:

Beef Fillet in Toasted Coconut

FISH DISHES:

Spiced Fish in Coconut
Aromatic Fish Steamed in Coconut Milk and Baked in Banana Leaves
Baked Halibut with Coconut and Cashews
Broiled Tilapia with Thai Coconut - Curry Sauce

SHRIMP DISHES:

Baked Coconut Shrimp
Braised Shrimp in Ginger-Coconut Sauce

VEGETABLE DISHES:

Sweet Vegetables in Peanut and Coconut Sauce
Asian Vegetables and Coconut Milk
Turkish Summer Squash with Coconut Yogurt Sauce

NOODLES:

Vegan Coconut Noodles

BREADS:

Carrot-Coconut Bread
Banana-Coconut Bread
Caramel Apple Bread with Coconut Topping

DESSERTS:

Cakes
CocoBerry Couscous Cake
Coconut Mousse Cake
Coconut Date Cake
Banana Coconut Crunch Cake
Coconut Angel food Cake

Pies and Puddings
Peach Pie in Coconut Crème Sauce
Coconut Crème Pie
Coconut Tapioca Pudding
Baked Coconut Rice Pudding

Cookies
Lemon Cookies with Coconut
Carribean Coconut Cookies
Almond Coconut Bars
Banana Coconut Apple Crisp

DRINKS:

Coconut Juice
Coconut Smoothie

SNACKS:

Coconut Popcorn
Coconut Banana Porridge
Belgian Coconut Waffles
Blackberry Coconut Muffins