On a recent trip to my (hopefully) university city, me and my mum stumbled upon this cafe on are way to a different resturant option for lunch, read the menu and knew we had to try this cafe instead. I was really suprised to see the number of different options for gluten free places to eat in bath and made me super exicted to explore the other gluten free options here. The Green Rocket Cafe was fully signposted with all of the gluten free options or dishes that could be altered to be made gluten free. There was so many options to choose from I was spoiled for choice.
Firstly I have been meaning to try kombucha, as alot of the other more popular feremnted foods like kimchi I am not a huge fan of, and so I was wanting to try a gut freindly fermented product that I would like. I was suprised as someone who doesn't like tea to love this kombucha, I chose the ginger and lemongrass flavour which was super light in flavour but a great refreshing drink for the really hot summer day what we had in bath on this day. As someone who doesn't love fizzy drinks it was light and not overly fizzy so was the perfect drink for this hot day that I could enjoy.
To deal with the overwhelming number of food options that I had on the menu, I decided to get a mix of 3 different starter plates to have. Firstly I was super excited to see tempura vegtables on the menu that where gluten free as I have always wanted to try them, they where super crisp and light and came with this dipping sauce which I became obssesd with. It was both sweet, salty and with an undertone of chilli to. A mix of vegtables was served with this dish, the mushroom and courgette being my faveriote, it also included babycorn and pepper. Once I saw chickpea chips with babaganush on the menu I knew that I had to try them as I love chickpeas and I love babaganush. The babaganush was really creamy with a slight mushroomy flavour. The texture of the chips did take me a minute to get used to, but they had a great chickpea flavour with a soft middle and a crunchy exterior.
Lastly I also tried the oyester satay mushroom skewers, as a peanut lover I would have loved for these to have a bit more sauce to bring through a bit more of the flavour. However as this was my first time triying oyster mushrooms I really liked there meaty flavour and light chewy texture. My mum also tried the warm scandanvien salad which she loved! As a plant based resturant with foods full of flavour this cafe really reminded me of one of my faveriote resturants, plants by delicously ella so it will be great to have a place to go with a similar vibe of food thats much closer to me.
I hope you guys enjoyed reading this and try out this plant based cafe if you are in the area. Let me know if you have any other Bath gluten free food recommendations or recommendations of dishes I should try from this menu next. I think they change their menu up semi reguarly so I am super exicted to try some of the other dishes that they have.
Thank you for reading,
Ruby X
Green Rocket Cafe's diverse plant-based and gluten-free options remind me of how McMenu items like the McPlant Burger cater to evolving dietary preferences. Both prioritize inclusivity, making dining enjoyable for everyone, whether it's boutique-style or fast-food convenience!