HOW TO ORGANIZE A BARKADA GET-TOGETHER AS EASY AS 1 2 3

Holiday is in the air and this is usually the time where we catch up with our dear family, colleagues and friends. Being an adult is sometimes exhausting so if we have time to recuperate our soul might as well belly up to our favorite people. 

Since most of my friends are working it's really hard to gather them in one place and in one sitting, so here are my techniques on how I normally gather my barkada to a "barkada night".

TIP NO. 1 CALL A FRIEND

Call your friends one by one and make an advance notice. Yup you read it right, advance notice because maybe they have plans for that day, I usually ask them if they are free on that day or not.

TIP NO. 2 THE RESTAURANT

Since we are all adults we need a place to hangout and when I say hangout it means good food and cocktails is on our list, luckily I discovered this place called TKB by Tanduay in Ayala Ave., Makati City. 

TKB stands for The Kushi Bar, and it specializes in kushi (skewered) selections created by Japanese chef Yuri Amami, the first female Japanese chef in the Philippines. Here, you’ll also find the TKB shots, deliciously-flavored cocktails infused with Tan-duay Dark and Premium White Rum.

What's cool with this restaurant is that diners can enjoy their cocktails along with their kushi selections, which now have items using ingredients that are popular with Filipino diners. So, don’t be surprised to find the Gyubara (beef tenderloin) along with the Reba (chicken liver) or the Hotate (scallop) along with the Hatsu (chicken heart) on the menu. All reasonably priced, these kushi selections are meant to be enjoyed plate after plate, just like how Filipinos dine.

TIP NO. 3 THE DATE

Set a date. Christmas season is perfect for a get-together since everybody is in Christmas spirit and Christmas Break I normally choose for a Saturday Night. Also, I heard that for the entire month of December, TKB by Tanduay offers a free flight (four shots) for diners of five. It's a win-win situation right?

The TKB shots selection includes the Aomori (apple wasabi), Tokushima (ginger cala-mansi), Kumamoto (watermelon basil), Miyazaki (cucumber basil), Nagano (lemon apricot), Ehime (green apple and kiwi), and their newly-introduced rambutan rum-infused shot.

TIP NO. 4 USE THE MAGIC WORD

This is the highly effective, the game changer (ika nga) are you ready? tell them "libre kita" (I'll pay for you). Nobody will resist on that one hahaha

And yeah, hope you find this article helpful ahahaha ohh if you plan to visit TKB by Tanduay don't forget to take a #Groupie using the Hashtags #TKBByTanduaySocial #Tanduay #TanduayNumber1Rhum

Talk to you next year!