Culinary coup in Bangkok

REMEMBER the last time you were in Bangkok? When you got all dressed up for a long, enjoyable evening of dinner and drinks in various nightspots, got into the car, and then headed straight into a buzz-killing hour of stand-still traffic?

Such travel woes will soon be a tale for the history books with the opening of the new Ku De Ta Bangkok. The curtains to the highly anticipated nightspot were lifted earlier this month, revealing a sprawling, 10-in-one entertainment complex within.

Besides three restaurants spanning three concepts - modern Asian fine dining, Signature; casual Japanese robatayaki joint, Izakaya; and progressive Western steakhouse, Grill - the 30,000 sq ft complex further encompasses seven bars and a spacious dance floor with 10m tall ceilings to cater to Bangkok's heady swirl of pleasure-seekers.