[ closed ] Bourbon House: house of delight

It was one of the rare occasion to have lunch with wife during the long Friday lunch break. She usually do not have long lunch break since working with private and I would be too lazy to travel from TR. So it was nice for both of us to have lunch together since she is taking a break while I was in Hosp Ipoh doing attachment. Then came the important question. Where to eat?

Since it was a long break, we were still lazy to drive far so we decided to visit Greentown area, since it was just behind Hosp Ipoh. At first, we wanted to try Coccoon, since we were rather pleased with the dessert the last time we were here. Surprise, there was a change in management, and the place now is called Bourbon House (which we subsequently found out in the receipt).

Situated in the Greentown business area, just go around, it is situated at one of the corner, opposite Davids diner. It is near Mikes place and Nasi Vanggey. Deco was rather similar to Coccoon, spacious. It was rather thoughtful for the owner not to overpack the place giving enuf space in between the tables. Service was rather swift and friendly although the price is on the middle-low range.

Then came the food. The menu was rather limited, no more dessert. It concentrated on the usual pseudo western + oriental kind of menu. That also it was rather limited. About 3-4 pages of the usual dishes. The usual fried rice, noodles, pasta, chops etc. We decided to go for the set lunch since we were lazy to think. Friday lunch break is for relaxing anyway.

Surprise again, the food was a notch better than the rest. I had a brown sauce chicken chop rice (RM9.90) . The best I had was surprisingly situated in Astrol food centre, where the sauce is rich with butter taste. The usual ones out there would lean towards mushroom sauce which in turn taste like Campbells soup. This one was rather spicy. definitely leaning towards oriental side. However, it was really nice, not hot but rather spicy. Cant taste wat spice they put inside though. The rice was cooked with tinge of onions making it rather fragrant. The chicken piece was not generous but the usual deep fried ones. It was juicy none the less.

Wifes dish was not bad. Grilled chicken chop was served with french fries. the piece of chicken meat was juicy, well marinated. So the taste was good. The mushroom sauce was nothing to sout about though, but overall, it was nicely done. The french fries however, was rather oily much to our dislike (Rm13.80). The set lunch was served with the usual soup (rather tasteless, and watery), the drinks (ok-la) and few piece of oranges (unusual, since we had to peel it ourselves). The main dish was good enuf for us to come back again.

Overall, even though we expect to come for a coccoon experience, the cahgne to Bourbon house was satisfying none the less.

ratings: 3 half poink!

comments: cant say for the rest of the menu, but dun be deceived, I got a feeling that the pseudo-western dishes would have a oriental taste to it.

Bourbon House

12-1A, Persiaran Greentown, Ipoh

update 15/5/11: a night drive around Greentown revealed that the shop still house the word Cocoon, so which it is, beats me?