{"id":190,"date":"2005-08-25T13:49:40","date_gmt":"2005-08-25T12:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=190"},"modified":"2005-08-26T18:25:47","modified_gmt":"2005-08-26T17:25:47","slug":"rocket-restaurants-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2005\/08\/rocket-restaurants-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Restaurants, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I attended Ben&#8217;s surprise birthday dinner, organised by Michelle and held at the Rocket Restaurant (Riverside). This bar and restaurant overlooks the Thames and is within walking distance of the Putney Bridge. It&#8217;s excellent location means that any sunset on a summer evening is going to be spectacular, assuming that the day is not suffering from London&#8217;s typical drizzle. The restaurants has seating both inside and out, but the most eye-catching seat in the resturant is the clam shaped, circular seating into which we all crammed ourselves in last night. <\/p>\n<p>Food at the Rocket Restaurant is best classified as modern cosmpolitan, serving a wide variety of pizzas and calzones, as well as steak, tuna, sashimi and dinner salads. They also have a small number of starers, an excellent selection of side dishes but the size of their main meals do not warrant one. They also have a pretty ordinary dessert menu, with each item offered at \u00c2\u00a35. Although I did not have any, I was told that the strawberry chesscake (lavishly drizzled with strawberry juice and built up on a mini circular biscuit base) was excellent. <\/p>\n<p>I had the vegetarian pizza served with lots of fresh Mozzarella was huge and extremely tasty. I ended up giving up a lot of it as it was so big and had ordered a side of Zucchini Fritters as well. The small individually battered zucchini chips were served on a decently-sized plate, and the naturally sweet flesh of the zucchini, well balanced with the light, crisp and saltiness of the batter was well received by everyone who had a taste.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketrestaurants.co.uk\/\">Rocket Restaurant<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetmap.co.uk\/newmap.srf?x=524207&#038;y=175498&#038;z=0&#038;sv=SW15+2NS&#038;st=2&#038;pc=SW15+2NS&#038;ar=N&#038;mapp=newmap.srf&#038;searchp=newsearch.srf&#038;sq=3\">(Map)<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Found on: <\/strong> Brewhouse Street, Putney Wharf, Putney, SW15 2NS<br \/>\n<strong>Contactable via: <\/strong>0208 789 7875<br \/>\n<strong>Highlights: <\/strong>Food quality was pretty good. Decently sized meals. Wide variety of side dishes and salads<br \/>\n<strong>Room for improvement: <\/strong>No drinks menu, service was shocking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I attended Ben&#8217;s surprise birthday dinner, organised by Michelle and held at the Rocket Restaurant (Riverside). This bar and restaurant overlooks the Thames and is within walking distance of the Putney Bridge. 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