What's so great about Rocket?

You tell me? Have you ever gone ‘I have a craving for rocket!!!!!’ ‘I can’t live without rocket!’ Didn’t think so- chocolate maybe, but not rocket.

Imagine a crisp pile of rocket, gently dressed in a light virgin olive and raspberry dressing, toasted pine nuts, a shaving of reggiano parmesan.. Perhaps a confit of duck leg or fresh scallops seared with a drizzle of lime beurre blanc..Ok we are getting there, but still nothing to keep you up at night dreaming.

So when the waiter from a local restaurant comes by each day selling toasted sandwiches and whatnot and he announces what’s on the selection today you have to question? Toasted cheese and tomato with rocket… o la la.. You wonder how much extra they are adding onto the price because of a few slimy bits of rocket. And in al honesty. 2 slices of government loaf, cheap cheese, tasteless tomato and the all wow full rocket, it really gets to me that a restaurant that claims to have chefs can put this together. My first point is, use some ice bread, put it on your grill man, give it some flavor, use a better cheese, and bugger the rocket, just add a crack of black pepper and save me having to floss after eating your inane sandwich!!!! And a snackwhich machine, I mean come on, this is supposed to be a 4/5 star restaurant for the garden route area, I mean even the local Wimpy can get it right for crying out loud.

Then comes the price, well in all honesty I can’t tell you, because to be accurate and truthful it seems to change every other day, perhaps the price of rocket goes up and down from day to day.. One day it’s R10, the next R14 and then maybe R15 the day after…. So how much small change does one need to be prepared with each day, enough to get ripped off I think

Sadly though today when they come past I will most likely buy one again, as there is no where else in the proximity of where I work offering anything else decent to eat… So alas as the Lazy Chef I must endure this pathetic attempt on cooking.

The Lazy Chef