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Thai food is loved world-wide and whilst it’s tricky to pinpoint one reason for its mass appeal but perhaps a good place to start is its focus on the balance of flavours.

Thai cuisine is still relatively under explored in the UK. Here are ten of the most popular Thai dishes.

Our festive set menu is now open for bookings and this year the early bird gets the cocktails!

The thought of sunny days has inspired our Chefs to create 4 summery specials bursting with freshness and flavour.

In celebration and support of Pride Month, we’re treating our guests to two new cocktail specials, bold in colour and flavour and full of pizzazz.

Taking inspiration from Thailand’s abundance of natural ingredients, our Squidologists are always dreaming up new tipples both potent and alcohol-free to enjoy with your Giggling feasts.

We’re diving in with a giant joyful splash as we offer you new dishes for a new year. From seafood sharing platters to feisty new curries, we’re ready to blast away those January blues.

Autumn is one of our faves – there’s nothing like a luscious Thai Green Curry or comfort-food-extraordinaire Pad Thai to warm the cockles when the weather’s getting blustery.

This recipe was inspired by that pleasing simplicity – the fresh sweetness of squid fried with aromatic garlic. 

Nothing beats the perfect balance of flavours in a traditional papaya salad – savoury, fresh with a satisfying flash of spicy heat.

How often do you venture away from your tried and tested favourites to explore new and unfamiliar dishes? We have selected some underrated gems from our menu to inspire you to explore!

Pad Kee Mao is often known as Drunken Noodles – perhaps because people end up drinking a little more than planned to put out the spicy fire in their mouths!

Thai cooking is famously rich and complex in flavour and – as our own Giggling recipes reflect – crammed with a huge variety of vegetables, herbs and spices that many people might be unfamiliar with in the UK.

In celebration of the Coronation, our chefs created a Coronation Special fit for a King with a Royal Thai Tea and it proved so popular that some of our Giggling restaurants have decided to continue offering it.  

Our very own Crafty Squid, Amber, has created fun and easy-to-follow arts and crafts activities to keep your squidlets entertained – and giggling – over the Easter holidays. Her inspiration?

In honour of Pancake Day, we’ve got a delicious Pancake recipe with coconut, bacon and a poached egg.

We’ve got squid in our name that’s true, but our commitment to providing loads of plant-based options is no game…

The butternut squash halves create the perfect receptacles for all the flavourful veggie goodness in this recipe. In our book, there’s no excuse for plant-based food to ever lack taste or texture.

We introduced these on a special menu to celebrate Veganuary and they proved so popular we couldn’t part with them. They have such a pleasing flavour and texture with the satisfying crunch of sunflower seeds.

It’s with much joy we announce the launch of the first Giggling Squid cookbook. For as long as we have been operating, we’ve had requests for recipes from guests who’ve loved our food as much as we do.

A traditional dessert enjoyed across Thailand – sometimes made with fresh mangoes gathered straight off the tree!

There’s real love and effort that goes into cooking this dish properly, but the flavour of the sauce – sweet and rich – works beautifully with the crispy-skinned duck, making it a long-time favourite in our restaurants.

Our version of the classic Thai dish, which goes by many different names, but is often known as Weeping Tiger, although the only sound you’ll hear while cooking this dish is the delicious sizzle of beef.

Paneang is a less well-known Thai curry, which due to its vibrant red colour is often mistaken for its fiery red cousin. It tends to be thicker than a Thai red curry and richer and sweeter, with a nutty, rounded flavour.

There’s something so immediately satisfying about eating with your hands and these little nests are best enjoyed without cutlery. Simply wrap the lettuce leaves around the goodies and devour in one mouthful!

One of our popular starters on the Giggling Squid menu. Founder Pranee describes the sauce drizzled on the prawns as zingy, citrusy and fresh.

Once only on offer as canapés at our launch parties, Golden Moneybags are now a bestseller on our menu, by popular demand. After all, who can resist the crispy pastry and herby chicken filling?

It’s never too early to start considering the restaurants for your Christmas party if you’ve been tasked with organising the team festive outing or if you’re the person who always rallies friends and family for gatherings!

The heat is on but our summer specials are crammed with light, summery ingredients to leave you feeling satisfied without raising a sweat! See what summer specials available for both eat-in and takeaway.

There’s nothing like al fresco ‘Thai under the sky’. Find your nearest Giggling Squid restaurant with outdoor dining.

Taking full advantage of Thailand’s abundance of fresh, flavourful ingredients our master Squidologists spend their days dreaming up luscious libations and alcohol-free sensational sips.

Our chefs rose to the challenge, scrutinising every ingredient that goes into creating our full-flavoured dishes. We discovered that taste and eating-satisfaction does not automatically mean calorie-laden.

Mother’s Day is celebrated worldwide with many countries having their own unique ways of honouring mums, grandmas and mother-figures.

We’re celebrating International Women’s Day by shining a light on the many inspiring women leading by example across Giggling Squid.

We’ve got squid in our name that’s true, but our commitment to providing loads of plant-based options is no game.

It’s been 20 years since co-founders and owners, Andy and Pranee first dreamt up their Thai tapas menu and we’ve asked them 20 questions about their journey so far.

One of our most popular dishes, Pad Thai is always a crowd-pleaser. Not only delicious but surprisingly easy to cook from scratch with our (no longer secret) recipe.

Now you too can ‘wok it’ like an expert and cook an authentic Chicken Thai Green Curry at home with our special Giggling Squid recipe.