Moo-Moo (russian: Му-Му) is a chain of

buffet A buffet can be either a sideboard (a flat-topped piece of furniture with cupboards and drawers, used for storing crockery, glasses, and table linen) or a system of serving meals in which food is placed in a public area where the diners serve ...

restaurants in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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. Moo-Moo operates as a

cafeteria-style restaurant A cafeteria, sometimes called a canteen outside the United States, U.S., is a type of Foodservice, food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a lar ...

and as such can be considered a

fast food restaurant A fast-food restaurant, also known as a quick-service restaurant (QSR) within the industry, is a specific type of restaurant that serves fast-food cuisine and has minimal table service. The food served in fast-food restaurants is typically ...

. The entire menu is

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, and includes a wide variety of meats, including

shashlik Shashlik, or shashlick (russian: шашлык ''shashlyk''), is a dish of skewered and grilled cubes of meat, similar to or synonymous with shish kebab. It is known traditionally by various other names in Iran, the Caucasus, Eastern Europe and C ...

, as well as vegetables, soups, breads, and desserts. Most Moo-Moo restaurants operate in the

area, including

Arbat Arbat Street (Russian ), mainly referred to in English as the Arbat, is a pedestrian street about one kilometer long in the historical centre of Moscow, Russia. The Arbat has existed since at least the 15th century, which makes it one of the o ...

. Moo-Moo restaurants are decorated with a black-and-white cow motif. Continuing the theme, every meal bought receives a free milk-flavoured candy wrapped in a black-and-white cow wrapper . The restaurant is famous for its specialty meals inspired by works of Russian literature. It attracted much controversy in 2012 for its seagull dish (inspired by Anton Chekhov's ''

The Seagull ''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises t ...

''). The first restaurant opened on February 10, 2000, near the Frunzenskaya metro station. The network of the cafe belongs to the Russian businessman Andrei Dellos, he, as the founder, planned to create a fast food on exclusively Russian products and Russian recipe. As of July 2022, 38 restaurants “Mu-Mu” work: 35 within Moscow and 3 in the

Moscow region Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

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