A friend of mine is famously cheap. In fact he’s widely considered to be the least likely person to buy a round of beers in town.

But it does mean he has an eye for a cheap lunch. So after he twice in the last week suggested we luncheon at the ANU food co-op I took him up on this.

It’s staggeringly cheap. $6 for lunch!

That price does come with some strings mind you. There is no menu.

Lunch today was a chick pea soup and a bean salad with some mountain bread to mop it all up with.

But at that price who needs choice? And it must be said, it was delicious.

A bonus quirk is that customers are expected to wash their own dishes which certainly adds a communal feel to proceedings out in the dish washing room.

It’s a nice place to be with a real communal vibe to it, and as mentioned the food is both cheap and delicious, not to mention terrifyingly healthy.

Well worth checking out.

[This article is the twenty fourth in a series on cheap lunches to be found in and around the city. If you have any suggestions leave them in the comments or email them to john@citynews.com.au . The complete series can be found on our cheap lunches tag]