{"id":629,"date":"2024-04-03T17:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/eat\/?p=629"},"modified":"2024-04-03T17:54:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:54:40","slug":"lorenzos-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/philippines\/taguig\/lorenzos-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorenzo\u2019s Way in Makati: Serving a Legacy of Filipino and Spanish Dishes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you are looking for a restaurant where you can delightfully savor exceptional Filipino and Spanish dishes, <strong>Lorenzo&#8217;s Way<\/strong> is the place to be!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-50974 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/12-SPANISH-GARLIC-CHICKEN-1-1024x779.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/12-SPANISH-GARLIC-CHICKEN-1-1024x779.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/12-SPANISH-GARLIC-CHICKEN-1-789x600.jpg 789w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/12-SPANISH-GARLIC-CHICKEN-1-287x218.jpg 287w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/12-SPANISH-GARLIC-CHICKEN-1-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/12-SPANISH-GARLIC-CHICKEN-1-1536x1168.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/12-SPANISH-GARLIC-CHICKEN-1.jpg 1561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Spanish Garlic Chicken \/ IMAGE from LJC Group of Restaurants<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Lorenzo&#8217;s Way<\/strong>, with branches in <strong>Greenbelt 5 in Makati and Bonifacio High Street Central in BGC<\/strong>, is one of the restaurants under the LJC Group. This was established by journalist-turned-restaurateur <strong>Larry J. Cruz, <\/strong>together with the other LJC Group restaurants are Abe, Bistro Remedios, Cafe Adriatico, Fely J\u2019s Kitchen, Abe\u2019s Farm, and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"589\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38813\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LORENZOS-WAY-GB-FACADE.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LORENZOS-WAY-GB-FACADE.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LORENZOS-WAY-GB-FACADE-290x214.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LORENZOS-WAY-GB-FACADE-768x565.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Lorenzo&#8217;s Way in Greenbelt 5 \/ IMAGE from LJC Group of Restaurants<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50978 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LORENZOS-WAY-GB-DSC_7263-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LORENZOS-WAY-GB-DSC_7263-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LORENZOS-WAY-GB-DSC_7263-1-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LORENZOS-WAY-GB-DSC_7263-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><em>Lorenzo&#8217;s Way, Greenbelt 5 Branch \/ IMAGE from LJC Group of Restaurants<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a nutshell, this restaurant is an ode to Larry&#8217;s legacy of good food and great service by offering a curated menu consisting of dishes that Larry himself conceptualized. It also includes diners&#8217; favorite dishes from other LJC Group restaurants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-50975 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Outdoor-Photo-1-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Outdoor-Photo-1-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Outdoor-Photo-1-900x585.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Outdoor-Photo-1-290x189.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Outdoor-Photo-1-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Outdoor-Photo-1-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Outdoor-Photo-1-2048x1331.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Lorenzo&#8217;s Way in Bonifacio High Street Central, BGC \/ IMAGE from Lorenzo&#8217;s Way<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-50979\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Indoor-Photo-1-1-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Indoor-Photo-1-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Indoor-Photo-1-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Indoor-Photo-1-1-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Indoor-Photo-1-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Indoor-Photo-1-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW-BGC_Indoor-Photo-1-1-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Lorenzo&#8217;s Way, BGC Branch \/ IMAGE from LJC Group of Restaurants<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is known to serve familiar Filipino and European dishes such as Spanish Garlic Chicken, Costillas de Ternera, and different varieties of Paella among many others. You&#8217;ll also be surprised that their dishes come at reasonable prices, so you don\u2019t need to fret over your budget!<\/p>\n<p>One of their must-try dishes is the ever classic\u00a0<strong>Pa<\/strong><strong>ella Valencia. <\/strong>Known as a popular dish from Mil Novencios in the 1900s, this platter of seafood and meat goodness is done in a\u00a0Spanish way. As a part of LJC brand, Paella Valencia is served with Spanish-themed dishes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-50976\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW_Paella-Valenciana-1-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW_Paella-Valenciana-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW_Paella-Valenciana-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW_Paella-Valenciana-1-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW_Paella-Valenciana-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW_Paella-Valenciana-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/LW_Paella-Valenciana-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Paella Valenciana \/ IMAGE from Lorenzo&#8217;s Way<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Other choices for Paella are Paella Marinara with assorted seafood and vegetables, and Paella Negra in squid ink.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-50980\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Paella-Negra-2-1-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Paella-Negra-2-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Paella-Negra-2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Paella-Negra-2-1-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Paella-Negra-2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Paella-Negra-2-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Paella-Negra-2-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Paella Negra \/ IMAGE from LJC Group of Restaurants<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the crab corner, you must bring yourself to taste their <strong>Salted Egg Fried Alimango<\/strong>\u00a0is a sinfully rich fried crab covered in salted egg and garlic sauce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38809\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Lorenzos-Way_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Lorenzos-Way_2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Lorenzos-Way_2-290x192.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Lorenzos-Way_2-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Salted Egg Fried Alimango \/ IMAGE from Lorenzo&#8217;s Way<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For noodles, they have the <strong>Pancit Sotanghon sa Baby Pusit<\/strong>. This dish is a mung bean noodle sauteed with fresh baby squid and its ink.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38814\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Lorenzos-Way_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Lorenzos-Way_3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Lorenzos-Way_3-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Lorenzos-Way_3-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Pancit Sotanghon sa Baby Pusit \/ IMAGE from Lorenzo&#8217;s Way<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Finally, ending your meal at Lorenzo&#8217;s Way should\u00a0be Larry&#8217;s favorite dessert\u2014the <strong>Baklava<\/strong>. This Mediterranean-style sweet filo pastry is filled with walnuts and pistachios and is served with a scoop or two of creamy vanilla ice cream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38811\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Lorenzos-Way-baklava.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Lorenzos-Way-baklava.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Lorenzos-Way-baklava-290x189.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Lorenzos-Way-baklava-768x501.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Baklava \/ IMAGE from Lorenzo&#8217;s Way<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Other than Baklava, <strong>Claude&#8217;s Dream<\/strong>\u00a0is hailed as one of the most popular desserts in LJC restaurants that one should also taste.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To truly experience a satisfying Filipino-European cuisine at any time of the day, visit Lorenzo&#8217;s Way and help yourself with their fine dishes that will surely soothe your hunger for something classic and savory.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This first appeared in Philippine Primer&#8217;s Japanese Magazine March 2020 and English Magazine April 2020 issues.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking for a place where you can delightfully savor exceptional Filipino and Spanish dishes, Lorenzo&#8217;s Way is the place to be!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,21,112,12,14,815,5197],"tags":[6527,5192,479,195,180,5193,5190,6526,5191],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filipino","category-greenbelt","category-makati","category-taguig","category-bonifacio-global-city","category-bonifacio-high-street","category-filipino-food-restaurant-guide-2020","tag-bonifacio-high-street-central","tag-classic-filipino-cuisine","tag-filipino-cuisine","tag-filipino-dishes","tag-filipino-restaurant","tag-filipino-restaurants-in-manila","tag-lorenzos-way","tag-lorenzos-way-bgc","tag-lorenzos-way-greenbelt-5"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50988,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/50988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}