There's been a lot o' buzz up here at altitude on Potrero Hill about new sushi restaurant, Rocketfish. Set up by former sushi chef at Blowfish, and occupying the prime space of the former Lingba, all was set for a bona fide happening.
We left it a couple weeks before venturing in, primarily, according to Mrs Page, so they could iron out the unavoidable newbie wrinkles and I could go there without ranting like a madman about some otherwise minor setback.
Well, either their wrinkles are deeper than expected, or the place has peaked at a disappointingly low threshold.
While we were hoping for Blowfish v2 we've ended up with a place that has about as much (i.e. as little) pazzaz as Moshi Moshi, Live Sushi and Umi (all close by, with a combined atmosphere of lunar proportions).
Our appetizers were dull, our sashimi and rolls were just fishy, rather than tastily fishy.
Eggplant something or other, virtually tasteless and completely grey.
Goma Tataki black sesame-crusted Ahi Tuna salad: outstanding, and I don't mean that ironically.
Young yellowtail sashimi: far too fishy for me, not melt-in-your-mouth like the yellowtail we had earlier in the week at Blowfish and Yoshi's
"Special" Rocket roll: whose only special feature was it's raw fishiness.
Tempura combo: tiger shrimp, zucchini, sweet potato, pumpkin etc. A life-saver, after the mostly dull rolls and sashimi.
The only saving grace, and I don't really care about or judge a restaurant by this ... the price was good, at around $80 including a couple drinks. Equivalent price at Blowfish would be $30 more, but the food would have been twice as good as Rocketfish.
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