Foo Town — Restaurant in Mumbai

Ratings: Food: 5/5 Ambience: 5/5 Service: 5/5 Value for Money: 5/5 Overall: 5/5

Location: This restaurant is located in Churchgate at just 5 minutes of walking distance from railway station.

About Place: Foo, an innovative venture by Tham Brothers who are also the brains behind the famous Koko, good wife; has already been the talk of the town from the time it replaced California Pizza Kitchen in Phoenix Lower Parel. Foo town which is opened in Churchgate, is a restaurant with vibrant ambience consisting of well spreaded comfortable seating arrangements and backlit wooden screen giving bar a classy look. Foo town serves some really drooling tapas consisting of Chinese, Japanese and mixed Asian small plates. The food served over here is a beautiful outcome of Japanese culinary arts. The vast range of drinks over here makes it a perfect place to choose for a hangout with your pals.

Having said that Foo is one of our favourite restaurants and we visited this outlet some days ago for a dinner. The restaurant has a very good vibe which starts right from a warm welcome from the staff. The restaurant has outside seating arrangement which is preferred by us and also an indoor seating arrangement near the bar. The staff over here is extremely polished and well mannered. They know their dishes upto the mark and will guide you. Mr. Rohan, Sadashiv and the manager were extremely enthusiastic and helpful in making sure that our experience was a memorable one. So moving further we ordered a quite a few drinks and some food to binge on. They serve 4 types of dips or sauces to have along with your food which consists of oil and paprika, green chilli and vinegar, assam sauce and a brown sauce and a pot of soy sauce. Here are the details of the food we had..

DRINKS

Fresco: A signature tangy mocktail made from Guava and pineapple juice with mint, rosemary, lime and ginger ale added to it. It was refreshing and good to taste.

Tropical Grass Iced tea: We never had a drink with basil flavour and that was mainly the reason to try this one. It is and iced tea with Lemongrass, basil, lime and black tea. It was sweet and delicious to taste. Highly Recommended..!!

FOOD

Miso Soup: When you get a Miso soup in Jain all you do is just order it. We ordered both the versions of miso soup which had a flavour of fermented soyabean and cubes of tofu. Obviously the non jain version was the winner but if you are Jain and haven't tried Miso soup you have to order it. Highly Recommended..!!

Veg Foo Yam Bean Uramaki: Its a sushi roll with blue rice on outer side and tempura, yam bean, avocado on inside and spicy crisps on top of it. It was served on a layer of sauce which complimented the sushi well. The wasabi over here is just perfect. Loved it .!!

Jain Nikkei Avocado Uramaki: This one is a jain sushi roll with avocado and parmesan as the major ingredients. It was cheesy and delicious to taste. It tasted well with soy sauce.

Spicy Tofu Dumpling: These are packet full of flavours. It is not that spicy but for Japanese cuisine it is spicy. The dumplings are soft and tender. Tastes best when had it hot. Eat them with assam sauce or green sauce.

Foo Broccoli Dumpling: This dumpling was available in Jain hence ordered, and trust me we didn't regret it. We never had such delicious jain dumplings anywhere. The Dumpling was sweet and cheesy to taste. Do not miss this one..!! Order it without thinking and you won't regret. Highly Recommended..!!

Avocado on Crisps: Slices of Avocado served on crisps with a bed of wasabi mayo. It was good to taste but can be skipped.

Foo Blue Butter Japanese Fried Rice with Foo yellow curry Jain: As a main course we ordered the signature blue rice along with yellow curry. The blue rice is prepared by slowly cooking rice along with butterfly pea flower which gives a blue colour to rice. It is tossed in butter along with veggies. It goes well with the yellow curry which is a coconut curry consisting of water chestnuts, Broccoli and zucchini. It tasted heavenly. The blue fried rice also...

One stop in Churchgate for all your Asian cuisine cravings..!

Dinner plan at this place and it will never goes wrong.! Absolutely fabulous place with Stunning interiors and mesmerizing food.! Large variety of authentic Asian dishes to choose from.! I just had excellent dinner that day.!

Ambience, mix of golden and red which symbolizes the Dragon and definitely gives a feel of asian restaurant.! Seating is definitely very comfortable in both indoor and outdoor areas. The place is definitely suited for big groups, they arranged a super comfortable seating for 10 of us.! Overall ambience is very soothing.

Staff and service, Mr. Pranav I definitely want to give you a round of applause! Man seriously so professional yet friendly and the way you handled that big table, really appreciable.! Staff at this place is extremely polite and very welcoming. Service is definitely extra ordinary..! They really served all our orders in time.! I would definitely give staff and service more than five stars..! Cheers guys you made the dinning experience amazing.!

Food and Drinks..! As I mentioned this is one stop for all your Asian cuisine cravings..! Their menu is definitely very wide and there are so many varieties to choose from. Really very impressive menu for both food and drinks. We could try few dishes and drinks and everything was delightful.

Red snapper - Bloody Mary with a Gin tweak, yeah.! I really liked the natural stirrer that was used for decorating the drink.! Go for this one only if you can handle spicy stuff.! It was definitely a hot one.!

Foo Asian Burrata - Definitely one should not miss this salad, though not a salad person but being fan of Burrata I ordered this one and it was fantastically fabulous.

• Highly Recommended *

The Double A - Avocado & Arugula! Another great selection in Salad. Perfectly blended with cheery tomatoes and cream.! Loved it.

To all the sushi fans out there, this place is one of the best in town which will definitely satisfy your sushi cravings. We tried some varieties from the their vast menu and we just loved it. Sushi varieties that we tried: -Charcoal Tempura uramaki -The 'Foo Vegan' maki -Prawn tempura uramaki -Peruvian lobster roll

Dimsums are integral part of Chinese cuisine and definitely a very healthy option. We just gave our taste buds a new benchmark for dim sum at this place. Really impressed with the quality of food being served at this place. We definitely recommend the below list of dim sum: -wasabi, truffle and edamame dumpling -Foo broccoli Dumpling -Crystal Dumpling -charcoal, gold dust

In mains we tried some of the unique and delicious dishes. Every thing was cooked with perfection and was served piping hot. Mentioning again, quality of food is very impressive at this place. Our mains included:

-Foo Yellow curry, Veg -Foo blue butter Japanese Fried Rice (Highly Recommended) -Foo Hakka Noodles -wok tosses greens -pan fried noodles (Highly Recommended)

A meal is always incomplete without a dessert and this place serves some super delicious desserts. We had cheese cake, fried cheese cake and Hazelnut dome. Hazelnut dome is what I liked the most and definitely recommended for all the chocolate fans.

Overall, an amazing dinning experience with fabulous service, comfortable seating and most importantly quality food. I believe this is definitely a must visit place even if you like only fried rice and noodles from the Asian cuisine. Really a fantastic experience. Cheers...

🙋What you must try 🙋 🥗Salads : FOO Asian Burrata

🍣Sushi : FOO Yam Bean Uramaki

🌕Dimsum : Spicy Tofu Dumpling

🍽️Small plates: Wafu Corn on the Cob

🌾 Rice : FOO Blue Butter Japanese Fried Rice

🍰Desserts : Black Marble Sesame Cheese Cake 🌍WHERE ??📍 = 5 Minute walk from Churchgate Station towards the Marine drive side via the main road

🚕 VALET 🚗 = ✔️

👉SHOULD YOU BOOK IN ADVANCE = YES

⏱️TIME SLOTS = In the Night they have 2 slots 8:30 & 10:30

👉CUISINE / MENU ⭐⭐⭐⭐

ASIAN / They have the following available :

Soups / Salads / Sushi / Dimsums / Small & Big Plates / Foo Basket / Rice & Noodles / Desserts (Lots of varieties)

🍷🍸DO THEY SERVE ALCOHOL 🥃🍺

❌ No Liquor license yet as it has just opened. They serve Mocktails / Iced Tea & Soft Beverages

💺SEATING CAPACITY 💺 = LIMITED 30 - 40 ppl

🕒Types

1. Outdoor (Nice Vibe but can get hot at times)
2. Indoor Normal Tables
3. High Chair Tables (Not that Inconvenient)

➡️ AMBIENCE : Decent ⭐⭐⭐

➡️SERVICE ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Stewards were very helpful, attentive and honest in terms of what to try and what not to. They also had in depth knowledge of the menu, which was good. Special shout out to Rohan and the Manager for the top notch customer service.

➡️OFFERS ❎❎👎👎

None since it's a new opening

➡️PRICING ⭐⭐⭐1/2

All good food comes at a price

Rs 1,000 - 1,300 per person

➡️QUANTITY ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Other than the Sushi (4 pieces) & Dimsum (3pieces) rest of the servings had a good quantity.

➡️WHAT I HAD

1️⃣ FOO ASIAN BURRATA ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

✔️MUST HAVE✔️

This was simply outstanding.

The Burrata was so fresh, light and tasty. It went well with the avocado, cherry tomatoes, lettuce with a lentil and palm sugar smear at the bottom. Tip : Have all the ingredients together

2️⃣ FOO YAM BEAN URAMAKI SUSHI ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2

✔️MUST HAVE ✔️

What flavors simply outstanding. Blue butter rice with crispy tempura, avocado and yam bean.

3️⃣ WASABI TRUFFLE & EDAMAME DUMPLING ⭐⭐⭐

This was quite a disappointment as the texture tasted quite mushy and grainy.

🙅Avoidable🙅

4️⃣ SPICY TOFU DUMPLING ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Perfect mix, fresh tofu and spices. Tasty dumplings

5️⃣ SPICY THAI LOTUS ROOT ⭐⭐⭐1/2

Crispy lotus roots perfectly tossed. Nothing wrong with this dish but was similar to what you get in other places.

6️⃣ FRESH COTTAGE CHEESE WITH FOO CHILLY OIL ⭐⭐⭐

The cheese was perfect but the chilly oil was too tangy for my liking.

🙅Avoidable🙅

7️⃣ FOO BLUE BUTTER JAPANESE FRIED RICE ⭐⭐⭐⭐

✔️MUST HAVE ✔️ Dont expect too much on seeing the photos or else the dish may be below your expectations

Butterfly Pea flower imported from Malaysia gives this rice it's unique colour and taste. Each spoonfull will give you that rich buttery flavour. Nice texture throughout overall a well cooked fried rice.

8️⃣ BLACK MARBLE SESAME CHEESE CAKE ⭐⭐⭐⭐

✔️MUST HAVE ✔️

A Nice Biscuit crumb at the bottom with a lovely cheesecake . The texture throughout was smooth and consistence . The sesame sauce poured on top cut through the sweetness of the cheesecake

⚠️WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO TRY NEXT TIME

FOO VEGAN MAKI / FOO BAO /FOO CRISPY WONTON / GOOEY FRIED CHEESE CAKE & YUZU ORANGE CREAM CARAMEL

WILL I VISIT AGAIN : UNDOUBTEDLY YES ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️

➡️MY RECOMMENDATION : If you like Asian cuisine and are in the area then this is the...