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Barbecue with a river view

A Japanese-style barbecue restaurant that aims for authenticity, value for money and top quality, meaty ingredients

Until a few years ago, "yakiniku" would have been an uncommon word to local diners. Today, though, yakiniku restaurants, the Japanese-style DIY barbecue targetting hardcore carnivores, are spreading all over the city. Their winning combination of superb quality and top value for money are the main elements customers are looking for.

Owned and run by a Thai family, Gyu Gyu Tei tries to present a Japanese BBQ that's as authentic as many native Japanese joints which have mushroomed the Sukhumvit areas, unlike several other Thai-owned restaurants that offer the yakiniku dining in a hasty translation.
Gyu Gyu Tei was founded by successful Thai restaurateurs from Tokyo, and claims to be the real thing - close to the original in terms of the menu, the ingredients, and even the style of eating. The restaurant has three outlets: two in Huay Kwang area and one on Rama III Road in Bang Phongphang district. The Rama III branch, which we visited, opened nine months ago and boasts a very distinctive setting. Though from the parking lot it looks as if it's in a small unit of a building in an unassuming office park, it in fact offers a pleasant view of the Chao Phraya River, and isn't at all small.

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Airport expansion approved

Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand’s entry point for most travellers, must now expand after only four years of operation to prevent overcrowding.

But the expansion, which will lift the passenger handling capacity of Bangkok's prime airport to 60 million a year, will not be completed until at least 2015, years after overcrowding has set in.
Based on current trends, Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) expects Suvarnabhumi to reach its maximum capacity of 45 million passengers this year.

"It's better late than never," AoT president Serirat Prasutanond told the Bangkok Post, adding that the cabinet's endorsement would help set the expansion in motion.

AoT made its first expansion proposal in late 2007, a year after Suvarnabhumi began operations. It subsequently underwent a series of reviews and revisions amid indecision by authorities and politicians.

The NEB, chaired by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, resolved on Monday that the work involved in the extension of runways to 3,000 metres or more be included among 11 "harmful" activities that will require public hearings and environmental and health impact assessments. Proposals for such projects must be submitted for review by an independent body on health and the environment.