Wk wk 965 Restaurant

 A friend invited me have lunch, we ended up at Wk Burger which is a weird name for a restaurant. From the outside it looked like a cute place. With the inside it reminded me of a cross between McDonalds, Checkers and In n Out. 

There's a timer, you have a choice of a free side of fries or try to stop the timer at 10 seconds and win an Iphone. 

Inside was nice and open with a lot of sunshine

Here's where the problem started. The food. Expensive with small portions.

Nacho plate 3.950 KD 

I thought there were chilli cheese fries, turns out it was jalapenos, cheese, something with hamburger meat pieces and a sweet sauce

Chilli Cheese fries 1.950 KD

Charcoal 'thick'? burger - 2.450 KD

I ordered a Philly cheesesteak sandwich it was tiny, wet and ok at best, it was on a sesame seed bun that was a little bigger than a hotdog bun

Philly cheesesteak 3.650 KD

The total was 13 KD which is a lot for small portions

Honestly this is why I don't try these random burger shops, they try to compete with franchises by charging the same prices but the size and quality are no where near the same. I would have rather gone to 5 guys for around the same price.

Amentum company loses contract, Americans are Leaving

 I saw one of my old co-workers from Arifjan and asked him about the base. I had heard from my neighbor that Triple Canopy security was no more. My friend said that Amentum lost their contract and today I saw another old co-worker who works with Amentum, he told me the Americans will be leaving on Sept 30th and he will retire after 21 years of working 12 hour days/6 days a week.

I found an article from 2022 in which Amentum and 3 Kuwaiti companies were being investigated for abusing the TCN laborers. I worked for KRH so I know how those guys used to live 9 people deep in a single apartment with 1 bathroom that was horrible, they worked  hours/6 days a week and made 80 KD a month. KRH made so much money off of the contracts, that's how they built their empire. I saw a board saying REH (part of KRH) will be rebuilding Souk Mubarakiya?

I also found a recent article from October 2024 which says Vectrus had protested the contract award to Amentum and that the military had sustained the protest, either way it looks like Amentum is out and how much longer will other US contracting companies last, only time will tell.

Abdali farms closed this Season???

 I saw this on Tik Tok, has anyone else heard of this? Looks like the ministry has shut down the farms and entertainment this season? 

There is little to do in Kuwait and now more activities have been taken away, the only ones left are the expensive places like Winter Wonderland or the beach games. It's as if the ministry only wants to allow the money making government ran places. Kuwait is trying to promote tourism when people who live here leave at any chance and what little fun we had has been taken away, I miss 2004 Kuwait!

Chipotle opening in Marina Mall

 

It looks like Chipotle is opening soon in Marina Mall right in front of the escalator that goes down.