A Christmas Dinner Larry Would Love
Larry Cruz is synonymous with these iconic restaurants
- Café Adriatico,
- Bistro Lorenzo,
- Bistro Remedios,
- Bistro Burgos
- Ang Hang,
- Larry’s Bar,
- Café Havana,
- Bollywood,
- Camp Gourmet,
- Paper Moon,
- In the Mood Dance Bar
- Fely J’s,
- Lorenzo’s Way
- Abe
Larry Cruz and his legacy continues today as the LJC Group makes sure that everything is as perfect as Larry would have wanted it.
Join The Maya Kitchen on November 29, Saturday, 9am-1pm, as it presents Chef George Lizares, the corporate chef of the LJC Group, in a cooking demonstration entitled “A Christmas Dinner Larry Would Love.”
Chef George will prepare the following:
- Cheerful Feta and Watermelon Salad (black olives, yellow and red watermelon with Italian dressing);
- Kingfish and Shrimps Curry in Coconut, (Tanigue fillet and shrimps gently simmered in Indian-style coconut cream curry sauce);
- Chicken with Three Mushrooms, (roast chicken with Porcini, Button and Shitake Sauce);
- Couscous with Seven Vegetable (tender lamb morsels combined with chickpeas, zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes, carrots, capsicum and cabbage in a rich broth);
- Baklava (filo pastry, nuts, butter and orange-infused syrup served with vanilla ice cream).
Chef George looks up to Larry Cruz who had been both a boss and a mentor to him. He started with the LJC Group in 1998 as a food and beverage manager. He left and came back in 2008 as corporate executive chef, left and came back again in 2011 up to the present in the same capacity.
The LJC Group was borne out of Larry Cruz’s decision to take a career change way back in 1979. The journalist became a restaurateur. Larry’s indelible mark will forever remain in the history of Philippine cuisine. Every day, Chef George Lizares and the people behind The LJC Group continue to pay tribute to the man who cannot cook yet somehow managed to permanently change the country’s culinary landscape.
“A good meal is one that satisfies all the senses. …More than just looking good, it has to taste good…match the setting… More important for me, it should be enjoyed with someone.”—Larry J. Cruz
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For more information on this and on other courses offerings, log on to www.themayakitchen.com or e-mailcontactus@themayakitchen.com
visit The Maya Kitchen Culinary Center every Tuesday to Saturday at 8F Liberty Building, 835 A. Arnaiz Avenue (Pasay Road), Makati City or call 8921185 / 892-5011 local 108 / Mobile No. +63947 835 2290.
