Kookoo Cafe

Invitation:a free event to talk about our food and connections
all welcome but please book in advance on the link below!
Kookootoo will be part of Bristol Food Connections: The Food That Connects Us All on Fri 2 May 2014, 18.30-20.30, Arnolfini, Bristol
... Bristol Food Connections (Thu 1-Sun 11 May 2014) will be hosting a broad programme including The Food That Connects Us All. Hear and share experience and thoughts of how growing, preparing or sharing food enriches our relationships. The short documentary The Gardens of St George about an asylum seekers’ allotment project in Bristol will also be shown as part of the evening. Further details and booking: http://hls.uwe.ac.uk/research/Default.asp x?pageid=431
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Kookoo cafe has closed but....... the good news is that at 6.30 on Saturday 1st of March we are opening in a new location- Kookootoo is on 518 Filton avenue Horfield Bristol BS7 0QE. Our new telephone number is 0117-9692528 and we can be reached by text message on 07821 900688. We strongly advise booking in advance as somehow many of you have already built up a cuiriosity about our new place! Please look at the Kookootoo facebook page for updates and photos. Thanks again for... all your support for Kookootoo experience- we look forward to welcoming you to Kookootoo - Persian eatery!
Moh&Christien
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Today last day! Kookoo kebab day with 10 different kebabs! Come and joun us to sa good bye to Kookoo cafe on Gloucester road and get ready to welcome Kookootoo on Filton avenue soon.
Kebab bargh, kubideh, jujeh, momtaz, makhsoos, soltani, Bakhtiari and halloumi.....
... We look forward to serving you, Moh, Christien and the Kookoo kebab team!
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Kookoo kebab day 1-6 pm
Today we serve the following kebabs: Kubideh (minced lamb) Bargh (lamb fillet)... Jujeh (marinated chicken breast) Momtaz ( kubideh & jujeh) Soltani (kubideh & bargh) Halloumi (Cypriot white cheese)
Please book on 0117-9516661 or text 07821 900688
We look forward to seeing you
Moh&Christien
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The penultimate Saturday in Kookoo cafe... tonight a private booking and then one week until we close from the 20th of January.... fortunately our opening of Kookootoo follows on Friday the 24th of January!
The new address is : 518 Filton avenue, BS7 0QE. Save the new number in your phone: 0117-9692528 or text 07821 900688.
Today we start our new Fcebook page for Kookootoo. We hope a trip advisor link will soon have many reviews!
... Enjoy your weekend, Moh & Christien
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Happy start of the countdown to the weekend!
We are receiving all your supportive and celebratory messages in the mids of buying fridges, closing accounts and serving kufte!
Just a little word of warning: if ou are planning one last visit to Kookoo cafe before we close on the 19th of January, please take into account that we have a party booking for this Saturday night and are already nearly fully booked on the 18th. You will have more luck on other nights or at lunchtime; or... you may want to reserve a kebab for Sunday (we will be serving the famously delicious bargh (lamb fillet)!
In Kookootoo we are receiving the first bookings before we bought a new diary. Thank you for your trust and support!
We look forward to seeing you all either in Kookoo cafe or in Kookootoo from January 24th!
For Kookoo cafe phone: 9516661 or text 07821 900688 For Kookootoo phone: 9692528 or text 07821 900688
Moh&Christien
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On this rainy and dark Wednesday evening we have some news to brighten up your day! Kookootoo is going to open its doors to you this month! We are working flat out to make it welcoming and homely with a sprinkling of colour and modern interpretations of Persian themes. There will be delicious food, a warm atmosphere and sparkling music. We welcome you to try us out from Friday 24th January: we will be open all day every day that weekend!
Our new address is 518 Filton avenue,... BS7 0QE; telephone 0117 969 2528 or 07821 900688. It is easy to park nearby and there is no restriction on parking at all, even between 4.30-6.30.
But before we say hello to Kookootoo, we will say goodbye to Kookoo cafe on Gloucester road. The last day of serving will be the 19th of January with an extra special kebab day. From this wekend we will have a photo book with our reviews for you to comment on the highlights of Kookoo.
We will miss the Gloucester road romantique but we can assure you that having more space so we don't have to turn away customers on busy nights will be a great relief. Moreover, we get to take our lovely Kookoo team with us!
We look forward to serving chelo kebab and freshly baked bread daily in our new space and to make Kookootoo a friendly space for all our existing friends and new ones, too.
And who knows... may be Persian food is the next big thing as the BBC predicted!
Enjoy the changes and we see you soon,
Moh&Christien
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Kookoo kebab day
Today we serve kebb and stews from 1-6pm - please book or order for eat in or take away on 0117-9516661 or text 07821 900688.
Menu... Chelo kebabe kubideh (minced lamb) Chelo kebab jujeh (marinated pieces of chicken breast) Chelo kebab jujeh ba ostekhan (marinated whole Spring chicken) Chelo kebab momtaz (one skewer of minced lamb and one skewer of marinated pieces of chicken breast) All served with Persian rice and grilled tomato
Stews Chelo khoreshte fesenjan - duck in pomegranate and walnut sauce Chelo khoreshte geshniz - lamb stew w potato and coriander Veggie platter - mix of vegetarian stews, rice, lentils and omelettes
We look forward to serving you!
The Kookoo team
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Happy 2014 to all! may you be well and happy.
From tonight Kookoo cafe is open again! We welcome you with tasty starters, warming stews and delicious desserts.
Moreover, we still have copies of the wonderwful Gloucester road Cookbook prepared by the Women's institute and we sell Kookoo gift vouchers which will also be valid in the soon-to-be-open Kookootoo on Filton avenue.
... And if you ask, we will also tell you about our plans!
We look forward to seeing you,
The well-rested Kookoo team
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We live in interesting times.... food is on our minds as we get together in the darkest days of the year - it is part of the contemplative and charitable aspects of all winter festivals - and Nigella Lawson is on te front page of every newspaper. At Kookoo cafe we serve kebab today for the last time this year from 1-6pm. Please book/order on 0117-9516661 or text 07821 900688.
We have kubideh (minced lamb), jujeh (marinated chicken pieces) and plenty of stews, for example duck... fesenjan (duck in walnut and pomegranate sauce). We also have some lovely desserts, like Anarak (pudding with pomegrante seeds and semolina topping).
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year - Kookoo cafe will reopen on Thursday January 2nd and soon after that we will announce the festive Kookootoo opening weekend!
Many thanks for your contribution to the warm atmosphere in Kookoo cafe every night this year - we look forward to welcoming you back in 2014.
Moh, Christien and the Kookoo team
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Kookoo news this week:
Mondays in December we are open from 6-11pm. Book/order on the usual numbers.
We close for holidays 23/12 until 2 January 2014, reopening on the 3d of January..
... But Sunday is Kookoo kebab day!
Today we serve kebab from 1-6pm again. Please book your table or order your take away on 0117 9516661 or text 07821 900688.
Menu: Chelo kebabe kubideh- minced lamb kebab Jujeh kebab - pieces of marinated chicken breast Momtaz - minced lamb and chicken pieces Halloumi - Cypriot white cheese w vegetables All served with PErsian rice and grilled tomato.
We also have stews available and of course some lovel desserts!
We look forward to seeing you,
The Kookoo kebab team
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Last night we were open, due to a party booking - there was such a good atmoshpere that we have decided to open the next two Monday nights (9/12 and 16/12). Please book/order on 0117-9516661 or text 07821 900688.
The other good news is that our card machine has arrived and will be online very soon. Card payments will make the trip to the cash machine in the rain after a nice diner a thing of the past at Kookoo cafe.
Finally, a little update on the work at Kookootoo: we are in... the stage of making it pretty - to get us focused we have set a date for an opening party! More details will be announced soon.
Enjoy your December get togethers - whether it is happy chanuka, happy midwinter or happy Christmas, our festive menu is now available to book - dinner time or lunch time - it is up to you! There is no minimum size of the group and the new dishes are delicious! The menu is in our photos.
See you soon Moh, Christien & the Kookoo team
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Last night we had a wonderful party - but today we are ready for kebab day again. Today we serve kebab from 1-6pm again. Please book your table or order your take away on 0117 9516661 or text 07821 900688.
Menu: Chelo kebabe kubideh- minced lamb kebab Jujeh kebab - pieces of marinated chicken breast... Momtaz - minced lamb and chicken pieces Halloumi - Cypriot white cheese w vegetables All served with Persian rice and grilled tomato.
We also have stews available and vegetarian dishes!
We look forward to seeing you,
The Kookoo kebab team
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Sunday is Kookoo kebab day!
Today we serve kebab from 1-6pm again. Please book your table or order your take away on 0117 9516661 or text 07821 900688.
Menu:... Chelo kebabe kubideh- minced lamb kebab Jujeh kebab - pieces of marinated chicken breast Momtaz - minced lamb and chicken pieces Halloumi - Cypriot white cheese w vegetables All served with PErsian rice and grilled tomato.
We also have stews available and of course some lovel desserts!
We look forward to seeing you,
The Kookoo kebab team
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To follow on from our thinking about the travels of music, of course the movement of the Jewish population out of Andalucia after the 'Reconquista', influenced many musical traditions in their new homes. This is another reason why we are so pleased to have the band Rmz playing with us every Tuesday, as their Ladino music also originates in the Iberian peninsula. When we are asked why we do not have 'real' Persian music in the live music sessions in Kookoo cafe, we can now answer twofold: we already do nd we are open to offers! Enjoy the sunny Sunday, Kookoo research team

Sunday is Kookoo kebab day!
Today we serve kebab from 1-6pm again. Please book your table or order your take away on 0117 9516661 or text 07821 900688.
Menu:... Chelo kebabe kubideh- minced lamb Jujeh kebab - pieces of marinated chicken breast Momtaz - minced lamb and chicken pieces Halloumi - Cypriot white cheese w vegetables
Chelo khoreshte gheymeh bademjan - lamb stew w aubergine & yellow split peas Chelo khoreshte geshniz - lamb stew w potato and coriander Chelo khoreshte Ghormeh sabzi - lamb stew w green herbs, dried lime & red kidney beans
We also have all our vegetarian stews.
For dessert we serve home made baghlava, homemade cheesecake and three flavours of ice cream: mango, saffron or cardamom.
We look forward to serving you,
Moh&Christien
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You know how you have a hunch sometimes? We were noticing s lot of 'Spanish' guitar rifs being used in Persian pop music. All of a sudden we asked ourselves: could it be the case that this type of music has origines in ancient Persian music? Similar to the process by which science from the Persians was built on by Arab thinkers and then travelled via Andalucia to other parts of Europe? Apparently, this is not such a far-fetched idea. 'Andalusian classical music was allegedly ...born in the Emirate of Cordoba (Al-Andalus) in the 9th century. The Persian musician, residing in Iraq, Ziryâb (d. 857), who later became court musician of Abd al-Rahman II in Cordoba, is sometimes credited with its invention. Later, the poet, composer, and philosopher Ibn Bajjah (d. 1139) of Saragossa is said to have combined the style of Ziryâb with Western approaches to produce a wholly new style that spread across Iberia and North Africa.' (wikipedia). There is probably a lot more to find out here, but for us it is an affirmation of the hunch we had! We are looking forward to exploring similar connections around food. We found several dishes in a tapas recipe book which are very similar to Persian food. Soon we will add them as specials on our menu in Kookootoo!
Kookoo research team
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After a busy weekend, Kookoo is recovering: laundry, shopping, planning and resting a liitle. When we celebrated a team birthday last night, one card read: your birthday should be a national holiday, so we can have a day off!' Please remember that we are closed on Mondays, so you don't get diappointed when you come over to eat that evening.
A special treat on Sunday was the exhibition of one of the new Kookootoo tables, with a marbled, white and gold mosaic on the top; the f...eedback was overwhelmingly positive on taste and looks. Someone valued the table as a piece of art and estimated the price to be 200 pounds! The marks were a little lower for practicality: we need to develop solutions for differences in levels, sharp edges and waterproof grouting. Fun!
This week, come and taste choobi kebab and the new daily hallouni kebab!
See you soon, Moh&Christien
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Sunday is Kookoo kebab day!
Today we serve kebab from 1-6pm again. Please book your table or order your take away on 0117 9516661 or text 07821 900688.
Menu:... Chelo kebabe kubideh- minced lamb Jujeh kebab - pieces of marinated chicken breast Momtaz - minced lamb and chicken pieces Halloumi - Cypriot white cheese w vegetables
Chelo khoreshte gheymeh bademjan - lamb stew w aubergine & yellow split peas Chelo khoreshte geshniz - lamb stew w potato and coriander Chelo khoreshte Ghormeh sabzi - lamb stew w green herbs, dried lime & red kidney beans
We also have all our vegetarian stews.
For dessert we serve home made baghlava, homemade cheesecake and three flavours of ice cream: mango, saffron or cardamom.
We look forward to serving you,
Moh&Christien
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We ate here last night, wonderful food and service. The saffron ice cream with date and tahini sauce was heaven in a bowl, we'll be back!

We ate at the Gloucester Road site several months ago and the food was amazing and the service fantastic. A hidden, understated gem. Don't tell everyone or we won't get a table next time!! :-)

V nice food and atmosphere nice staff n v helpfull. I do recommend it .

Thoroughly enjoying my Ghalieh mahi (fish curry w tamarind) takeaway. So nice to see you guys again .... I must come over more often. I will continue to wish you open in Totterdown lovely people. xx

Spot on meals there today ,will defo go again.

My friend and I shared the vegetarian platter and three vegetarian starters, which were all very tasty. We loved the Persian cardamon and saffron ice creams. Delicious food and friendly service, thank you!

Kookootoo was placed a special order for me and communicated wonderfully to faciliate this special request. Also delicious food!

Another lovely lunch today at Kookoo cafe, fresh and tastie Jujeh kebab and kebab e kubideh we recommend you try it!!!

Yummy food, really relaxed atmosphere, love the pauses between courses, fish curry so, so tasty! Owners really friendly and down to earth, thank you!