Meet Contemplate Kitchen!

Taaa daaa…Our recent branding project is about to come to fruition soon. Ladies and Gents, let’s introduce to you, the Contemplate Kitchen. 

This is the project in which we were involved in the brand-naming, identity design, photography and website design. In fact, this exciting new project is one, if not the one, of the reasons we’ve moved to NJ in the first place, thanks to our dear friend, Ayse Dizioglu Koyluoglu, who paved the way...

Luckily, we had worked with Ayse years ago, when she decided to open her first bake shop, Polka Dot Cake Studio, in West Village, NY years ago. But now, years later, her new idea is a transformation into something different in tandem with the natural progression of her lifestyle and vision in Princeton.

We define the core concept of Contemplate Kitchen as being a “Wholesome Bakeshop and Functional Food Lab”, only because we believe that it is the “making of” part of the process which Ayse and her team will be applying, will make the real difference. That means serving nutritious and delicious baked goods and plant-based recipes with locally sourced whole-food and healthier ingredients to get the highest nutritional value out of every bite. 

Incorporating organic, gluten-free, refined-sugar-free ingredients such as homemade almond mylk, organic maple syrup, sprouted nuts and seeds, seasonal fresh or dried fruits, medicinal herbs, and spices into their recipes will certainly bring utmost delight to your palate.

And under the light of the above, with our concept, we are practically saying ‘Pay attention to what you eat’. This place will essentially be a vegan and vegetarian kitchen where meals, soup, cold-press juice and vegan delicacy packages will be offered on a weekly basis, with changing menu items based on seasonality. The team will also serve artisan coffee and espresso drinks, making of which we happened to witness first-hand the science behind during the rigorous training process we also went through. 

The menu items will include macro bowls, kale salad, collard wraps, grain salad along with a variety of cold-press juices, chia puddings, and other goodies for sweet sensitive palates.

Hope you enjoy it as much we did throughout the whole journey. 

PS: CK is officially opening its doors in September 14th, 2017. Please visit www.contemplatekitchen.comto sign up!

Photography Production: We feel privileged to have collaborated with Burcu Avsar and Zack Desart @zachandbuj. We would like to thank them for their creative input and hard work.

Prop Styling: Deniz Asutay Engur