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TravBuddy meetup at Dencio's Bar & Grill . . .

July 17, 2008

Dencio's Bar & Grill meetup location

Back in June, Florianne / Foyan (coffeefairy) noticed that we'd be in the Philippines around the same time so she would ask if a TB meet up could be organized. A few days later, I got a message from Josh (the_bloodsucker) about a meetup on July 17th

The 4th Philippine TravBuddy meetup was held at Dencio's Bar and Grill in Pasay City. 7pm was the set time but then with Filipino time, it's usually 30 minutes later when people start to show up. My group was the first to arrive just a few minutes before 7:00. I was with Yheleen (bestblog), Nickie (minx2812) and Dennie (nomaden). Foyan was next. Mickey (tj1777) arrived soon after

The event was held on a Thursday because I was originally going to fly to Bacolod City on Friday.

our reserved tables

There were a few complaints that it wasn't on a weekend but surprisingly 29 people attended. Josh the host was late but then I guess he wanted to make a memorable entrance. His meeting ran late, so he says

The menu was Set Menu C which was comprised of Chopsuey, Kare-Kare, Chicken Barbecue, Sizzling Tiyan ng Bangus, Sisig, Plain Rice and drinks. I ordered 4 Pork Barbeques which disapeared pretty quickly and I only had 1 stick

Kare-Kare - a Philippine stew. It is made from peanut sauce with a variety of vegetables, stewed oxtail, beef, and occasionally offal or tripe. Sizzling Tiyan ng Bangus - the stomach of a Milkfish.

Josh's late arrival

Knives are never served. All you'll ever get are a fork and spoon. I did ask the server for a knife but Nickie and I could not understand his reply so we just stuck with what we had

There were way too many people to be able to meet with everyone. I don't think I've seen so many cameras in one place with no celebrities present. It was pretty blinding from all the flashes

After dinner, we moved on to a bar next door. Drinks were ordered while the entertainment started with Foyan and andiboi (andiboi) and their non-stop dancing

Overall, I had a great time at my first TravBuddy meetup. It sure would be nice if I could meet with a few people before I fly back home Sept 10th

2 comments

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Moonvera says:

I've decided I'll carry my own silveware just in case.

Posted on: Jul 31, 2008

tj1777 says:

You finally got it done. Hmm not so much fun since 2001????? It was fun sure but 2001 fun?

And the knife part is so true - I realized that if you got a knife in the Philippines it meant you were in a really fancy joint which would charge you like twice the normal price.

Posted on: Jul 31, 2008

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