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Rocket Room: Propel Your Gastronomical and Retro Senses at Bonifacio High Street Central

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When In Manila, let your senses take you to newย food trip and hang out places at Bonifacio High Street Central.ย Rocket Roomย took my most attention. Newest in the line of Raintree Restaurants, Rocket Room is a retro-themed bar lounge situated beside its another Raintree Restaurant called Stella Wood Fired Bistro. Lazy nights are perfect times for Rocket Room since they serve innovative cuisineย tapas-style that goes well with your favorite cocktail mixes, fineย wines or beers.

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Rocket Room’s French Bean Fritti, the “Healthy Fries”

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Crispy Pork Belly Chips, a Rocket Room Favorite

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French Bean Fritti and Crispy Pork Belly Chipsย are favorite pulutanย from Rocket Room. French Bean Fritti, dubbed as the healthy fries, are green beans dipped in batter and fried to crisp. It comes with a dip but I actually preferred eating it as is and so with the Crispy Pork Belly Chips. Crispy Pork Belly Chips are much like bagnet and also comes withย pinakurat or spiced vinegar, only that it is served in smaller pieces or chips. Alas! Crispy Pork Belly Chips are gone in just a minute.

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Rocket Room seafood choice: Simply Grilled Pulpo

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Gambas Chino, another seafood treat fromย Rocket Room

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Unforgettable are two seafood tapas served for us โ€“ Simply Grilled Pulpo and Gambas Chino. Simply Grilled Pulpo are choice octopus slices grilled to perfection. There was a dip for it but I prefer eating it as is and wish I could have more. Gambasย is always my favorite since I love shrimps and Gambas Chino captured the flavor I would want any Gambas dishes to have.

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Rocket Room funghi madness: Truffled Mushroom Pizzaย 

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All-Meat Butcher’s Pizza fresh from Rocket Room’s Brick Oven

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Rocket Room‘s pizza selections are must tries too! Go funghi crazy with the Truffled Mushroom Pizza. Choice mushrooms sprinkled with bits of real truffles that vegetarians would surely love. I am no vegetarian but I love it! If you are not a fan of anything fungus, there is theย Butcher’s Pizza for you which is all-meat. Make sure to leave some for your companion alright.

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Mushroom Skewers, a Rocket Room Fungus Treat

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Jamon Serrano Foldovers with my favorite Spanish Ham

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Speaking of fungus, care for Mushroom Skewers? Pieces of shiitake mushroom cooked in garlic and skewered for easy eats. Take your bite of Jamรณn serrano wrapped around corn kernels.ย Jamรณn serrano is one of my favorite Spanish hams available in the market though I have greater preference for its variant,ย Jamรณn iberico, an even rarer ham. Just a trivia, these Spanish Jamรณnes actually date back to the Roman Empire. I remember my Mom telling me that good food is almost always immortal.

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Morcilla or Blood Sausage Bruchetta topped with Green Chilis

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Rocket Room Grand Finale: tasty Lamb Ribs

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Morcilla or Blood Sausage is an acquired taste to some but growing up in a richย food heritage heavily influenced by Spanish culinary tradition, having it is a welcome treat with bruschetta bread. Green chili pepper topped on the morcilla adds a good twist to the dish with a tinge of slight spice. There could not be any better grand finale than Lamb Ribs which I actually looked forward to. I love lamb dishes and certainly not less with this one with its less cholesterol and the tasty meat of lamb.

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Various cocktails and liquor offerings of Rocket Room

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Cocktails and drinks are, of course, essential offerings in a bar lounge. Bar lounges and pubs are much my staple night-out destinations, and seeing the selection of cocktails in Rocket Room made me a bit excited. I am not much a fan of clubs but I do love a good drink. Their House Made Infusion Jars are an exciting array of drinks that blends in not only fruits but spices! Rocket Room takes nothing in the ordinary and has Classically Twisted which are their richer version of classic cocktails, but if you are not the adventure type, they have classic drink offerings of draftย beer and wines from their very extensive collection.

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Wood-Fired Chocolate Almond Cookie Dough

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Rocket Room’s Cookies, five in all, and vanilla Milk

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While Lamb Ribs were a grand finale, every meal has good encore as well. The wood-fired Chocolate Almond Cookie Dough was something new! Cookie doughย was mixed with almonds and covered with salted caramel,ย both of which complemented the otherwise overpowering sweetness, and topped with mantecado ice cream. It was my dessert favorite but enjoyed Cookies and Milk too! Five kinds of cookies with my favorite chocolate chip, dipped in vanilla milk which was creamy in consistency.ย 

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Overall experience? Awesome! So, When In Manila, get retro, grab your favoriteย tapas to much on and take a sip ofย cocktails, wines or draft beersย at Rocket Room. Theย Happy Hour starts 4pm to 7pmย everyday while every Friday and Saturday, catch on to the groove with good retro music with different DJ’sย In Color and Supersonicย respectively from 9pm to 2am.

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Stell & Rocket Room

7th Avenue corner 30th Streetย 

Bonifacio High Street Central

Taguig City, Philippines

Tel. No. +63(0)2 621-32-22

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WhenInManila photos by JoTan23 with Repรบblica Negrense.

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Rocket Room: Propel Your Gastronomical Senses at Bonifacio High Street Central