We went to Hawthorne Food Cart on Sunday to catch up with friends visiting from California. They have heard of the food cart culture in Portland and thus wanted to try as many food cart as possible. We chose Hawthorne Food Cart since it is closer and also offers good food cart experience.
Bottle Rocket is located on the East side of Hawthorne Food Cart area and the food menu includes hamburger, cheese burger, and bacon cheese burger. The sides includes various vegetable choices. People can choose to make a meal that includes the burger, a size, and a cup of homemade lemonade.
We ordered a Bacon Cheese Burger meal with Tempura Cauliflower as the side. After we placed the order, we also realized that we can choose to have bigger, or smaller burger. We chose the bigger one of course.
The burger is being cooked after the order is placed, but it was served quite fast within 10 minutes. The burger came with a large thick beef petty, which was quite juicy. There were also lettuce, onion, and pickled vegetables in the burger which provide amazing taste. A small portion of barbecue sauce was also give on the side if we wish to add more sauce in the burger.
The side was served in a Chinese takeout paper box. We were not expecting that. We chose the Tempura Cauliflower, but it was more like fried mixed vegetable. On top of cauliflower, there were also onion and jalapeno in there. There was a limited amount of cauliflower served in the box, which was a bit disappointing.
The homemade lemonade was not bad and quite refreshing.
Overall, Bottle Rocket serves great burger that's juicy and full of flavors. However, the side we chose did not meet our expectation and we would definitely try a different side next time. In addition, our friends ordered the beer from there and they loved it.
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