Going out with my brother and friends. Beers and the most insane BBQ place!
About once or twice every year my brother organizes a night out with his friends to see them all together.
I know all of them very well.
They used to be over at our house when I grew up every night playing cards for years.
It was a nice time.
Over time I have slowly morphed from "My brother's, little brother" to Mark.
I'm about 4 years younger than most of them.
But age differences matter less and less the older you get I have noticed.
We started in a bar in the center of Rotterdam around 19:00.
Niels, one of the guys I workout with was the 'jar' for the night.
It's pretty simple, everyone gives him money, he pays all the bills and when he runs out of money you give him more.
It's a great system. Nobody counts. Nobody judges.
The beers kept coming. The atmosphere was great.
An hour later we made our way to the restaurant.
My brother booked a table in a small place called Roffa.
Upon entering the place I saw this. I was instantly happy as you can imagine. A bbq smoker inside the restaurant!
We sat down at a nice wooden table and more beers were ordered.
For food, we opted for the option that was recommended by the owner.
3 rounds of plates looking like this.
Starting with 'light' meat. Chicken wings, sausage and pulled pork working our way up to intense smoke 'fall off the bone' BBQ ribs.
I had about 1 second to take the picture above. Because anarchy quickly followed.
I don't think my brother could have picked a better place to make simple men happy.
Beer, meat, and friendship.
Good times.
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Great time you guys had. You know, I was just thinking. You said all the members of @blockbrothers grew up in the same neighborhood and 4 of you guys are friends, and now your brother has like 6 friends, that is like 10 guys in all, and other guys in the neighborhood had their own friends, and their brothers had their own friends too, it seems the parents in that neighborhood have a rare gift of giving birth to guys only.
That neighborhood would surely be a very lively one when you guys were much younger. A neighborhood with this amount of young boys must have surely been a vibrant one. You guys sure had a neighborhood football team, and you @exyle was probably the goalkeeper (your huge nature would ensure no ball dares enter the goal post). Just my thoughts running wild though.
It's so lovely seeing friends have fun this way - a feeling even money can't buy. Kool
As @exyle's mother, I can assure you that there were really many boys in the neighborhood. Our house was a kind of center in those days. I can't remember how many posts of thee I made in that time. (thee, not beer, they were a lot younger then)!
Lol, sure they could not have had beer at such a young age. I know that feeling of having your house as the center of their meeting. The house would always be full and lively. It was the same for me when I was much younger too.
But just a little question, is 'thee' a beverage or soda drink in Netherland? I've not heard of it before. And if it is, you sure made their stay in your house much much fun. That's so Kool.
Sorry, I meant tea. 'Thee' is the Dutch word for tea. The pronunciation is almost the same.
Oo I see. Tea is surely nice. Thanks for response.
Close friendships don’t just happen – you make them happen. Kudos on that. This is good fun with gokd friends. Maintaining relationships is a hard, endless slog. There are pressures on our time from work and family, and i see this didnt weigh dowm your closeness.
No amount of social media will prevent a friend eventually becoming “just another acquaintance” if you don’t meet face-to-face from time to time.”
I really like this. Wish you guys more closeness and more life together.
Hay you are looking younger then all the other. I must say the food look delicious and and enjoy with brother and friend. We know the very sweet relationship is of friendship.
Are you saying I look old ? :P
Hay sir I don't mean that, actually all are great but actually main focus is on him.
Haha don’t worry. I was just kidding 😉
Okk. I was really scared 😎🤕🤒
Excellent story and a wonderful evening with friends! You are right, my friend, this is the best feeling when you are in excellent company for a mug of good beer and tasty meat, that would be to chat and relax with friends! Thank you @exyle for sharing the great moments of this meeting!
Oh wow. I want to go eat there some day. I’m hungry now after reading your post, but it’s a bit early for ribs I guess.
We should! To celebrate blockbrothers.
Yes! 😬
@exyle I can't believe I was still awake so that I could comment on one of my Favorite Steemians.............I bet those RIBS were to die for ?
They were nice indeed!
I'm so glad you went to this party. Now you see how much delight it gives to be together from time to time. It looks like a very successful evening. I think I have a beer with you guys when you go there with the other blockbrothers!
We had a lot of fun! You can always drink a beer with us.
Nice tale of good times. The bbq looks ok, but somehow I suspect it would suffer in comparison to Texas beef of Carolina pork. Maybe I'm biased.
I tend to agree. I never had one but I have seen videos and it looked insane.
Wow. This is really nice and warming. I see you guys are making rhe most out of the friendships.
It may seem simple enough, but it can be easy to forget that seeing friends on your newsfeed doesn’t really count. The truth is that it is easy to stay connected with technology, but it is hard to emotionally keep in touch. Memories are made when you spend time with others. That is definitely reason enough to get together with those friends and i must give your guys a thumbup👍. Thank you for sharing @exyle.
Cool! After the restaurant, did you go somewhere else? Some speciaalbiertjes @ Reijngoud or Boudewijn are always good! ;-)
I like Boudewijn! Good beers there!