Peter Kimchi

KK talks about the history of Speak Easy Bars and goes to Bar Jade at the Regent in Phu Quoc.

In 1920, America entered Prohibition—a nationwide experiment that banned alcohol. The 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, sale and transportation of intoxicating alcohol for drinking

The surprising detail? The amendment didn’t actually ban the act of drinking itself. But legally producing and selling your favourite tipple? That was another story. 🥃

America’s thirst didn’t disappear. Instead, the business went underground.

Illegal bars called speakeasies flourished, giving people places to drink away from the authorities. Bootleggers supplied the alcohol, organized crime profited, and enforcing the ban became a constant game of cat and mouse. By 1925, estimates put New York City’s speakeasy count in the tens of thousands. 👀
What was supposed to shut down the drinking scene helped create one of nightlife’s most legendary eras.
In 1933, the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th, ending national Prohibition. But the allure of a tucked-away bar and a little secrecy never disappeared.
That brings me to Jade, the speakeasy at Regent Phu Quoc in Vietnam—my own little taste of that secret-bar atmosphere, with a decidedly luxurious twist while drinking a very special Clase Azul, Cheers! ✨🇻🇳

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