Tootoomoo
No, not Desmond the famous South African Archbishop being asked to impersonate a cow.
No, not someone trying to get an Ox to perform the nutcracker.
No, not someone complaining that their steak is too steaky.
No, not someone explaining his disappointing degree result to cattle.
No, not an infant trying to pronounce the name of the famous Egyptian Pharaoh.
No, not Gary Lineker telling your mum the football score.
Yes, a Pan-Asian restaurant in Crouch End.
North London dwelling James, has been suffering with a bit of tummy trouble of late.
“Knock, Knock.”
“Who’s there?”
“Another runny poo I’m afraid.”
Anyway, yesterday he started to feel a little better and Rob suggested he should leave the house. We met in Crouch End.
James, who hadn’t eaten for four days saw Tootoomoo and was like, “we should try that place.”
Next thing you know, we’re trying it.
Lots of Asian fare to be had here, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese think of an ‘ese’ and these guys do it, with ESE (ease.) Just call these guys Foodese ™FoodieBoys.
This is very much where the PAN part of Pan-Asian comes from, ‘pan’ being short for ‘span’ (we think) their food SPANS ASIAn cuisine.
Despite it being a Tuesday night, we hit the cocktails. James loved his Tootoomoojito, and Rob settled back and quaffed a Tom Collins, like an expat may have done in Asia at some point in the past.
Not wanting to rest on our laurels, we ordered some Beef and Foie Gras Gyoza to nibble on – Pan-Asian-French (PAF) fare perhaps? These were perfectly reasonable, like little parcels of meat, and who wouldn’t sign-up for that package?!
For our main we decided to share Beef Rendang and Shoaxshing Chicken. Both came with chillis next to them on the menu.
We prepared ourselves for some serious heat and prepared ourselves accordingly, James apologised in advance to his bowel.
Sadly, neither dish were spicy but both were very tasty indeed.
So, next time you find yourself in Crouch End, or Islington or Highgate or Whetstone (that’s where their other branches are) and you can’t decide what type of Asian food to eat, why not head to Tootoomoo?
FYI: We got this for free because we’re very important.
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