TGI Fridays Celebrates 25 Years of Great Times!

You've all been here for one or more reasons, your meetings, a short break, a broken heart, or a date. Your favorite American comfort food joint TGI Fridays is celebrating their 25th year with you as they promise several special promos, parties and offers which you'll surely love! 

Now they will start offering 16oz Prime USDA Ribeye Steak, sides of Mango Chipotle Coleslaw, Truffle Rice or Mashed Potatoes. They also have huge servings of Truffle Pasta with bacon, fennel, porchetta and your lovely truffle in it. No they're not holding back because they will also offer Bucket of Bones, a set meal with their signature fall off the bone ribs (which I love!), 8 pcs of Chicken Wings, 2 Grilled Porkchops with sides of Mac and Cheese, Garlic Rice and fries. Perfect for sharing with your friends and family so if you're raring for a good meal, you should visit TGIFridays now. Because in here, it's always Friday!

Black Ink Truffle Pasta

Sides of Mango Chipotle Coleslaw, Truffle Rice and Mashed Potatoes

Lovely Prime USDA Ribeye Steak

Bucket of Bones - all the best ribs, wings and chops in one serving!

Mac and Cheese, Garlic Rice and Fries

You can also share your memories on social media and use the hashtag #25YearsOfGreatTimes wherein 25 winners will be picked every week to get those yummy Bucket of Bones for yourselves. Citibank card holders will also get a 2 for 1 promo on select food items from Tuesdays-Thursdays 11-5pm, 3 redemptions per card. For those who want free stuff, they also will have a huge party on December 11 where all tables will get FREE Chili Ball Park Nachos and drinks of your choice plus entertainment from TGIFridays staff to set you in the mood.

Make sure you check out TGIFridays social media channels so you get updates about their promos. I love this so much I'm going there this weekend!

Kings of Reality Shows

Ariel and Maverick had a show years ago in TV5, and for most of the 90’s and 00’s kids, they enjoy this kind of humor. It’s spontaneous, unscripted, unapologetic and stupid, but always, they get away with it.

I miss Mommy Elvie➕ whom they both adore and fool around at the end of their show. It had a run, but all good things have to end, or so we thought. So, they got all their things together and packed their bags to venture in uncharted territories and did what local artists only dream of, these two went to conquer Hollywood. They filmed this journey via their movie Kings of Reality Shows, to be shown in the PH.

He says “This was 2 years in the making (but was made 10 years ago), so hard to do it because we had to buy it from GMA Films. I approached a lot of people, it’s about a struggling artist who wants to showcase it. In the end, this is dedicated to all the struggling artists in the world. I experienced it when I had to approach friends, it’s like I’m sick, and I learned a lot from it. I don’t want to have regrets, for whatever happens, I don’t want to live in a tent after this movie shows. Maverick is hurt about what happened to us, he got disheartened when our show was shelved. He became spiritual, you will see his journey in this movie. Maverick doesn’t even talk to me now, but I hope whatever happens our friendship still stays. This material, limelight, will all pass but I hope he still considers me as a friend because I do. Pacquiao has given me a lot of help. Christina is also here in the film, I approached her, we are okay, and we are friends. There are a lot of people who have helped, but I do everything. I am the producer, director, actor, editor, writer, sales and marketing, and creatives. We didn’t have working permits because we were shooting small scale, with a small cam because again, this is spontaneous. GMA is supporting us, they’ve been really good people. For me, just having this shown to the public, is my dream. This is our style, hopefully the thinking audience would appreciate it and perhaps learn from it too.”

This is produced by him (he did everything) and is showing November 27. This is so crazy you’ve got to see it!

An Afternoon at The Legend Villas

I have never stayed in The Legend Villas but I've heard of it from friends. Those were good things, and I feel, I had to see it myself.

A few days before this actual visit, I had a charity event coverage which happened at the hotel's huge ballroom so I only had a glimpse of it. Their love for wood and everything pinoy are evident - and it's growing on me. It takes that feel of that tradition, of having pride in Filipino craftsmanship and paying homage to artisans that took their sweet time putting this all together.

Like clockwork, they named the hotel's restaurant after the owners real matriarch, hence Lola Maria. We had lunch with a few bloggers, which I guess is their way to introduce the place. The Legend Villas is part of the same chain of hotels that own Kabayan Hotel, The Legend Palawan, Legendary Tours (a tour company), PinoyPamilya Hotel and MyPlace. We had real homey Filipino food and yes, it's not too uptight and it felt like you were just visiting your Grandma's place. 

Fish of your dreams fixed Escabeche style, this huge 5 pound wonder was just the start of the feast!

A corner was dedicated to Pasta, which you can prepare with cream or Aglio Olio. They also have a boiler nearby so you can heat it up before consuming.

Mussels baked and topped with salty cheese, because they can have beer match this early

One of my favorites, Crispy Kangkong (swamp cabbage). Make sure you eat it while it's hot, tends to get less crunchy when air gets into play

The salad station, pretty good

My kind of fantasy, a solo Sisig Station to make sure your favorite kind of Sisig stays hot all the time

You can have it in Pork, Chicken, Bangus or Tofu

There are a few windows seats which I'd go for, the huge tables for groups. It seats around 60-80 people at a time.

Love the garden like centerpiece, albeit plastic, it's a pretty colorful sight

Halo Halo Station for all the lovely combinations you wanna do for dessert

Make it more special with Leche Flan

The Japanese food area had so much of these sushi rolls, they fill it up quite quickly

Now they also have different kinds of rooms that would serve pretty much business travelers or meeting/workshop goers which is mainly their market. They are opening up a bit with families and it is a treat because I've seen a lot of OFW's and foreign guests who are repeat clients, which some of the staff call them by first names. I've stayed long enough in the front desk to know that as I've eased in on their conversations. Pardon me as I love people watching. Here's some of the rooms we did take a look at.

The Family/Quad Room had 4 single beds and their own individual chairs on the long table. It's like having a remote office away from the regular ones you prolly stay in 8 hours a day. This would be handy for those who are here for work/seminars because we've seen a lot of that happen on this day. You also have individual sockets so you don't have to mess with other people's plugs when you need power. The bathrooms are decent too.

Team 6 is a room for 6 people. It's a loft type where you can entertain people downstairs and have your sleep on the second floor. Both floors also have TV's and a bathroom so you can use both of you're in a hurry. No overcrowding.

Rooms for PWD is also available. They have ample parking, access to wheelchairs and a wide entrance just in case you need it. It has been used a number of times so there is a need for it, you just wish it was available in other hotels.

This is the Villa Suite Deluxe room. Again has two floors to entertain people downstairs and two queen beds upstairs. I love their use of capiz and stained glass windows which gives this an authentic Filipino flair. The toilet and bath is nice too.

Oh and no, they didn't hold back on amenities because they're equipped with a gym, a jacuzzi and a pool. Staycations would be ideal even if you are from the same city.

They also have several function rooms which can serve as venues for birthdays, barbecues, meetings and just about anything you could think of. They've got pretty nice food choices and can be modified if you're a little picky or have allergies.

Check out is also a breeze because I even saw my friend go out of the hotel and it just took them a few minutes, no one will be late for their next flight. 

Hope this somehow gives you an idea about what to expect in The Legend Villas. For me, this would be perfect for OFW's or Balikbayans who would want to stay in something that reminds them of home. I have yet to stay here but I'm sure it will be very soon. I want to take a dip in the pool and have wine at the jacuzzi area, are they ready for me? LOL!

Go to LegendVillas.com.ph for more information about their rates, it's very affordable and I also have them on my IG stories, they're featured on my profile so check it out!