Comment 6 for bug 63287

I believe Intrepid's kdm theme solves this quite nicely.
For lack of a better screenshot, this: http://www.kde-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=90031&file1=90031-1.jpg&file2=&file3=&name=Oxygen+Reloaded
is what it basically looks like, except with a black version of the wallpaper and a more transparent widget theme.

Anyway, the menu button is placed on the bottom bar with a nice icon next to it. It changes colors when you hover over it.