Granted, I am not one to do chi-chi when I absolutely don't have. I prefer steady bars with good food and cheap booze where I can show up in flip-flops and wearing no make-up. But there are times when the mood strikes - moments when I am up for a bit of a splurge. Usually these nights involve three major elements: my chicas, long catch-up sessions and Lu.
Lu is located on the ground floor of La Joya Building in Rockwell, right beside The Ice Cream Bar. The Moroccan/Mediterranean restaurant also serves as a bar when the clock strikes 10pm and has been my favored spot for a "lets-spend-s0me-cash" Girls' Night Out ever since my friend Jenina took me there.
The menu is quite extensive and the bar list adequate. I won't go into detail because I honestly haven't sampled a wide enough array of the goods to give you a good review. BUT this is how we do Lu:
Crispy prawn and shiitake spring rolls and Vietnamese rice rolls with curried chicken. (Php275)
Mexican Frites: steak, onion rings, mushrooms, pickled onions, a salad. (Php795)
And of course: our drink of choice the Frozen DiabLu... (Php285-ish if memory serves)
To reserve, call (+632) 403-3991
Before we begin, a warning—I do not deal with measurements so don't expect any in the recipe below. I like to cook by sight and smell and taste. Feel free to add to, subtract, or totally disregard some of the ingredients below.
What you'll need:
- Oats
- Dried fruits (Gourdo's sells packs of them for about P100/6 boxes.
- Raw honey/Coco Sugar/Evil White Sugar
- Tablea chocolate. Crushed/Crumbled
- Nuts, crushed (I use whatever I can find but avoid peanuts)
- Sesame seeds
What you have to do:
- Place a teflon pan on medium heat. Throw in the sesame seeds and toast for about 5 minutes.
- Remove sesame seeds, set aside
- Throw in the crushed nuts. Toast between 5-8 minutes.
- Remove nuts, set aside.
- Toast the oats for about 8 minutes. When they start to brown, put the sesame seeds, crushed nuts and dried nuts in. Mix for another 2 minutes, slowly sprinkling the coco sugar (or white sugar) over the pan.
- Switch to low heat.
- Add chocolate. Continue mixing.
- Drizzle raw honey over the pan and mix thoroughly (the honey is meant to bind the whole shebang together)
Remove from heat. Cool. Then eat. :)
I like to keep some in a baggie for emergency snackage, a quick surge of energy or as topping for frozen yogurt. Thank you Aston for introducing me to the awesome of self-made granola.
