Trader Vic’s opening in Kuwait
Just read about this on Kuwait Unplugged. Must be the funniest thing I read this year.. unless, they know something we don’t like maybe they are legalizing alcohol starting January 1st. More details on Kuwait Unplugged plus a scan of the press release. [Link]
Dec 6, 2006
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53 Comments, add your own...
1. holla | December 6th, 2006 at 2:48 pm
LOL this place just keeps sinking into more pathetic depths.
2. moocherx | December 6th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
I’m so excited I almost wet myself. I love anywhere with the same menu as Abblebees, Puddruckers, TGIF, Chilis.
As my dear Grandma used to say, “you can never have too many poorly made fajitas and mock margueritas!”
But her excuse is - she was senile. Q8… what’s your excuse…
3. Ashish | December 6th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
It will be a cold day in hell before this country legalizes alcohol. A dry Trader Vic’s is about as pointless as a ski jacket in the desert.
4. istiminkiliz | December 6th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
Trader Vic’s serving alcohol here in Kuwait? Keep on dreamin!
5. vampire | December 6th, 2006 at 3:08 pm
what a waste ““
6. ahmed | December 6th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
i hope they bring WAGAMAMA
7. forzaq8 | December 6th, 2006 at 3:51 pm
Whats your fixation with alcohol
3 out of each 10 post are about it or you have to sneak a comment about it :P
8. Pink Moon | December 6th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
The only reason I don’t think its a bad idea is that they probably will legalize alcohol within the next 10 years, so if you alreadyhave the franchise, you’re a step ahead of the game.
9. Mark | December 6th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
Forza I am going to be organizing a legalize alcohol demonstration in front of the parliament building soon, you can come if you like :)
10. ahmed | December 6th, 2006 at 4:07 pm
Pink Moon, i dont think they will legalize it in ten years. I HOPE THEY DO. but probably not in our lifetime. I wouldnt want Kuwait to turn into another Dubai in the dirty sense. If you go to Traders Viks in dubai crown plaza, you will see exactly what i mean.
11. Marzouq | December 6th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
hahaha.. it would be funny to see what happens.. the reason I dont think Kuwait would turn into a bad situation as sometimes Dubai turns into because our visa laws are rediculous we dont let anyone in and we make difficult as hell to come in!
12. moocherx | December 6th, 2006 at 5:45 pm
Everyone says alcohol will be legal within 1 to 2 years.
It won’t.
The rich people of the country alreaa have whatever they want. And the expats (who don’t need to be worried about the consequences if anyone ever found out) just make it. OK, it tastes mediocre but it gets the job done.
So… in all… no incentive to do it.
13. moocherx | December 6th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
alreaa = already… batteries are running out on my wireless keyboard
14. holla | December 6th, 2006 at 7:26 pm
mooch is pretty much right. alcohol will never be legal in kuwait, at least not anytime soon.
there is no incentive, not even a public outcry to answer.
15. steve_leb | December 6th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Well i have no problem paying 30 to 45 KD per bottle as long as am making shit loads of money.. or what do you think Mark? you know what why not to write about alcohol in Kuwait.. how to get it and what are the differtent sources and for how much.. what areee the most availbale brands.. when does the price go up.. i can even help you if you want.. not that i know ;)
16. miyafushi | December 6th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
/me rolls her eyes
17. ananyah | December 6th, 2006 at 10:10 pm
damn there goes my black market vodka business! hahaha
18. forzaq8 | December 7th, 2006 at 1:32 am
mark Kuwait just deported a Syrian for leading demonstration
19. guessed | December 7th, 2006 at 8:18 am
Even funnier, IMHO, is the section on the same site of English mistranslations:
http://www.esatclear.ie/~irish.trade/bj000002.htm
20. guessed | December 7th, 2006 at 8:20 am
sorry, using tabs in firefox meant I posted on the wrong section. It was meant to be a comment on the Hong kong subtitles. What a dumbass! I’m having a bad week.
21. Me | December 7th, 2006 at 8:58 am
People here cant function without alcohol, you think throwing alcohol into the mix will make things any better? hehehe
its been illegal for too long, they would abuse it should it be made legal
stupid coutnry full of stupid ppl :)
amen
22. Toxy | December 7th, 2006 at 9:09 am
Don’t see why there are so many negative comments to be honest. I’m happy that there will be another place to go and eat. Did you know that Friday’s sell their famous ‘alcoholic cocktails’ throughout the rest of the world (except Dubai)?
Regarding the alcohol debate, I firmly believe we will see alcohol in Kuwait sooner than most people think.
23. shoosh | December 7th, 2006 at 9:33 am
Who cares if they don’t serve alcohol.. Trader Vics is good regardless.. there are many franchises here that are missing the alcohol..
I don’t understand whats so humerous about another great restaraunt opening in Kuwait.. ok they might not serve alcohol.. but do you see any other places serving it as well..???
bring your own bottle w u.. if your dying for a drink..
24. anon | December 7th, 2006 at 11:14 am
I don’t understand why the won’t allow it. I hate these bearded idiots controlling everything… what next.. rounding up people during prayer times and making them prey.
We are slowly turning into a saudi arabia.
I personally think that it will be legalised very soon.. Look at the billions going to be invested in failaka island.. to attract tourists. The people pushing these projects (the government) are not stupid, they know that if theres no alcohol. tourists of the sort they want to attract (westeners) will not come.
I’m sick and tired of these people saying that it sholdnt be allowed because its haram.. well, you know what?.. If you think its haram than dont drink, but dont control my life because you want me to be like you, and shorten my fuckin dishdasha, and grow an ugly ass beard.
25. Fonzy | December 7th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
and they will serve the best nonalcoholic cocktails! what happened to virgin is gonna happen to them, such a great name will be nothing here.
26. Sunny | December 7th, 2006 at 1:46 pm
what happened to virgin???
27. Maze | December 7th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
legalize boozzzzzzzzz!!!
28. mike | December 7th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
Anon and everybody else, if you want to drink just bring your own bottle. Whys everybody desperate for alcohol.. If you want to go clubbing, well then go somewhere else, like Dubai maybe or lebanon.. geez
29. mike | December 7th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
I hope they dont legalize alcohol.. I dont want my country to turn into another Dubai, that’s just SICK.
30. Mark | December 7th, 2006 at 6:16 pm
mike, legalizing alcohol does not mean legalizing prostitution. they are two very different things.
31. ahmed | December 7th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Mark, you are right, they are two different things. But in Dubai, they are interconnected very strongly.
32. Mark | December 7th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
you can legalize alcohol without legalizing prostitution.
33. anon | December 7th, 2006 at 7:00 pm
That is total bull crap! Thats the kind of shit these islam-o-freaks want every to beleive so that even the most liberal minded kuwaitis would change their mind about allowing alcohol in kuwait.. thinking that if booze was legalised..then so would prostitution..shit..prostitutes are already everywhere here anyways. This is exectly the kinda of propaganda that these bearded idiots come up with.
Mixing state and religion has never worked.. i say seperate them for real democracy and equal rights for all, otherwise, as perfect as Islam is going to be.. the doors are always open for these bearded idiots to take control and to fuck up our lives.
34. mike | December 7th, 2006 at 11:47 pm
yeah thats right mark, but legalizing alcohol will lead to other things, like Clubs and then that leads to prostitution.
35. Mark | December 8th, 2006 at 12:17 am
what? no dude clubs dont lead to prostitutes! where the hell do you get all this crap from? have you ever been to a club? have you ever been outside kuwait and dubai?
36. mike | December 8th, 2006 at 12:18 am
anon are you even kuwaity?
37. mike | December 8th, 2006 at 12:40 am
mark its all linked together, what im trying to say is that when you legalize alcohol it’s just gonna open doors for other shit. It’s just gonna cause so much problems. So..just enjoy Kuwait as it is
38. anon | December 9th, 2006 at 9:16 am
WHY DO U ASK? BECAUSE IM NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK MY MIND. I’M AS KUWAIT AS THE ABRAAJ. 100%.
IM JUST SICK N TIRED OF THE IGNORANCE THAT HAPPENING HERE. IF ONLY MORE PEOPLE WOULD STAND UP AND SPEAK UP, AND PUT THEIR FOOT DONE TO TELL THESE IDIOTS “NO! ENOUGH! I’M NOT GONNA SHUT MY MOUTH AND ALLOW YOU TO TURN MY COUNTRY INTO ANOTHER SAUDI ARABIA, OR TALIBAN STYLE COUNTRY!!”
39. anon | December 9th, 2006 at 9:31 am
WOW.. CLUBS LEAD TO PROSTITUTION… WHERE DO YOU COME UP WITH THIS SHIT.
OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVENT SEEN THE WORLD, ONLY BAHRAIN AND UAE. GO TO ANY PUB, CLUB IN LONDON OR USA… YOU’LL FIND NORMAL PEOPLE JUST SITTING AROUND HAVING CONVERSATIONS, SOCIALISING…. AND NOT (AS THE ISLAM-O-FREAKS) WANT YOU TO BELEIVE, FULL OF DRUGGIES AND PROSTITUTES, CRIMINALS AND ORGIES AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE THEY COME UP WITH.
YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO CONTROL KUWAIT (AND THE KIND THAT ARE BEING ALLOWED BY KUWAITIS WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF THE DANGEROUS STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT THESE PEOPLE BRING WITH THEM)… THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO WANT FULL SHARIA LAW …BASICALLY SAUDI STYLE.. LETS NOT KID OURSELVES. IM TALKING THE TYPE OF MENTALITY THAT THINK THAT IF THE PROFIT MOHAMMED (PBUH) WAS ALIVE AT THE MOMENT, HE WOULD SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD WHILST DRINKING A FINJAAN OF COFFEE… IM MEAN IT JUST SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
40. mike | December 9th, 2006 at 4:28 pm
First of all take a chill pill. Second of all YES i’ve been to more country’s than you, italy, greece, all over america, dubai and lived in canada. So I KNOW exactly what It’s like and in KUWAIT it’s a different issue, your not in europe. Alcohol is just gonna cause a lot of problems. Bored teens would undoubtedly abuse it, and it’s going to result in more deaths on our highways..
Ok yeah maybe clubs in america or europe is different but your not gonna have the same atmosphere here, its just gonna be another version of Bahrain. And you know what, you dont have to have a club and a drink in your hand to sit down and socialize and have a good time with your friends, you can do that in any restaurant or cafe in Kuwait. i dont get this mentality of yours…. Okay it might have a positive affect on the tourist industry but also think about the disadvantages.
41. mike | December 9th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
I hope kuwait stays the WAY it is, Clean. And if you dont like it, simply leave :)
42. Mark | December 9th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
Drunk drivers would be a problem yes but the solution isn’t to ban alcohol its to rule out corruption in the police department and get them to do their job. Drunk driving is a problem in all the European and US countries and the solution is heavy punishment for driving under the influence. No one banned alcohol to solve drunk driving.
If bored teens start abusing alcohol instead of drugs I would count that as progress.
Finally i do not think you have been to a club or a pub if you count eating at TGIF the same experience. its not, trust me.
43. Toxy | December 10th, 2006 at 12:04 am
Simple Solution:
Drink Drivers (even a shot) = 30 days minimum sentence. No Wasta, no excuses.
Drink Drivers injuring someone = very heavy sentance and loss of driving license for X amount of years…No Wasta, no excuses.
44. EC7 | December 10th, 2006 at 4:03 am
Enough about the alcohol, the food there is..well…not so great
45. anon | December 10th, 2006 at 9:11 am
DEAR MIKE,
FIRST OF ALL. TAKE THAT CHILL PILL OF YOURS AND SHOVE IT RIGHT UP YOUR ARSE.
YOUVE BEEN TO GREECE, ITALY AND ALL OVER AMERICA.. WOW YOU ARE REALLY WELL TRAVELLED (THATS SARCASM), SHIT, THANKS FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.
TRUST ME YOU, YOU AREN’T BETTER THAN ANYBODY HERE ON THIS BLOG JUST BECAUSE YOU’VE VISITED THE US OR GREECE WITH A CHEAP ASS PACKAGE HOLIDAY. THAT DOESN’T CHANGE ANYTHING.
THE FACT REMAINS THAT ALCOHOL WILL BE ALLOWED VERY SHORTLY… AND THATS COMING FROM VERY GOOD SOURCES. SO I SAY, IF YOU WANNA STAY IN A COUNTRY THAT IS BACKWARDS, I SUGGEST YOU PACK YOUR BAGS AND LEAVE TO SAUDI ARABIA…
MEAN WHILE, I WIIL BE SITTING IN A CAFE ON THE BEACH SOON, PUFFING ON A COHIBA CIGAR, WHILE SIPPING AWAY AN ENCHANTING GLASS OF RED WINE, OR EVEN AN APARETIF OF GRAND MARNIER LIQUOR. :)
46. mike | December 10th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
lol.. after i shove it up mine, ill make sure it goes in that dirty mouth of yours. haha :)
Who said that i was better than anyone else? I think you’ve taken too much of that chill pill ;). Anyways, Good luck with that idiot.. because your sources are bullcrap.
47. anon | December 11th, 2006 at 8:44 am
OK, I WAS EXPECTING A BETTER COME-BACK FROM YOU THAN JUST “AFTER MY ASS YOUR MOUTH..HAHA” KINDA RUBBISH, DONT YA THINK?
HOW DISSAPOINTING. :) WELL THANKS FOR TRYING, AND THANKS FOR YOUR INTELIGENT COME-BACKS AND POST, I THINK THE WHOLE BLOG HAS REALLY BEEN SHOWN WHAT KINDA VULGAR PERSON YOU ARE.
48. mike | December 11th, 2006 at 8:31 pm
haha get lost, your such a kid.
49. anon | December 12th, 2006 at 10:42 pm
your?? i assume you ment YOU’RE such a kid?!!? :)
50. crazy | December 31st, 2006 at 8:25 am
Guys come on…
We are living in the 21st century, it’s not only about economic development and tourism, which by the way, definetely need alochol to be legalized, but, it’s about the educated and civilized times we are living in. Maybe you don’t want this to apply to Kuwait?
There should be freedom of expression, action, speech, thought, and, if that means I want to consume alcohol, then I should be allowed to. If you think you shouldn’t drink because it goes agaisnt you’re religion, then its entirely you’re choice, I’m not going to force you, just like you shouldn’t be forcing me.
As for its implications on traffic, underage drinking, well the govt. can make plenty of money from taxing alcohol, it can put effort into devising measures of solving these alcohol related problems, and implement them FORCEFULLY. with sufficient funding and effort, everything can be acheived.
There are plenty of other Islamic values and principles, for instance, that women should wear headscarves, and, like denying the Christian beleif that Jesus/Esa is god or son of god. How about we force everyone to wear headscarves, fall deeper into the shadows of saudia, and ban the christian beleif of jesus and all that?
This is just like what happened in france with women not being allowed to wear headscarves, which is wrong, just as it is wrong when someone wants to wear a bikini or consume alcohol, is stopped from doing so by the law.
As for islam, there are plenty of worse things that go on in our society, such as the open human rights abuses, the corruption, the discrimination, the racism, the violation of womens rights. kuwait is in clear voilation of many human rights treaties that it signed, and there are several treaties that the world signed upto 20 years ago, and we still havent…
i read this article on the kuwait times website like 2 days ago. check it out. its so terribly sad. and you talk about islam?
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/localnews.asp?dismode=article&artid=212911162
51. The Screwdriver | January 22nd, 2007 at 9:24 pm
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander and why should it be any differently for lads and ladettes in Kuwait who are out on the town Wednesday nights and who like letting down their hair and shaking a leg or two(provided they are not already on the flight to Beirut or Dubai)?
Trader’s Vic is just the thing for them.
It won’t be very long before Cheers, the Black Widow, Rat & Parrot, Slug & Lettuce, Shelleys’ of Mayfair and the Mad Bishop have opened shop in Kuwait and started to woo people over with their non-alcoholic mocktails - now, that will be a true mockery of cocktails, don’t you think?
Will there be separate enclosures for families and supposedly deviant bachelors at the Trader’s Vic in Kuwait?
52. Dave | February 12th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
ALL:
Prostitution is alive and well all over the Arab world. Gay prostitutes as well. Rich Arabs get whatever they want from hookers, alcohol, drugs, etc. To those of you that believe that its not alive and well even in Kuwait, then you are fooling yourself. If you need to drink, go to Dubai. I see Kuwait allowing alcohol sooner or later, but of course like Qatar and UAE, it will be offlimits for Muslims (though they still drink). For those of you scared of the opposite sex, there is nothing in the world that causes prostitution other than the desire of people to have sex. Its biological. BTW, the most expensive hookers? Those wearing abayas! Take care. Everyone get over it and grow up! Any addiction in life, including religion, is bad for you!
53. luke | August 7th, 2007 at 9:12 am
i dont know about any of u guys but i personly have a drink every weekend and to tell u the truth if T.G.Is and their other franchise brethren started sellin booze i would more than likley still be in friends houses, at friends bars rather than sat down in a shit american version of a pub.
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