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October 12, 2016
Tiffin boxes will be on the menu at the new Tuk Tuk in Glasgow.
Tiffin boxes will be on the menu at the new Tuk Tuk in Glasgow.

A little under a month ago, 5pm Dining blogged about Tuk Tuk Indian restaurant expanding from its Tollcross base in Edinburgh and opening another branch in Glasgow.

Word has it that the new Tuk Tuk will open at 426 Sauchiehall Street at the start of November.

The original opened in 2012 and, with its artfully cluttered decor and railway station-inspired street food, it offered something new for the capital.

The Glasgow branch looks set to build on that formula. Albeit with some tweaks.

New additions to the menu include puri yoghurt bombs and a range of popular Indian drinks such as mint mambo and lassis in flavours such as mango, coconut, lychee, sweet or salted.

Street food classics such as bhel puri and daal makhni remain on the menu.

Tiffin time

An all-day dining experience, Tuk Tuk will be serving up set lunch Tiffin boxes for those on the go. In the evening, sociable sharing dishes will be the order of the day.

The restaurant is also BYOB and will offer takeaway and a delivery service.

Tuk Tuk has been designed with the help of Edinburgh-based interior design agency Four-By-Two. Throughout are hints of the distinctive Tuk Tuk orange enhanced by an array of Indian matka cup lighting.

To complement the modern furnishings, artists Conzo Throb and Ciaran Glöbel have designed eye catching Indian-inspired murals to adorn the walls of the Sauchiehall Street restaurant.

Lots of competition

The informal, casual dining Indian sector is shaping up to be a lively one in Glasgow.

Crossing the Rubicon, Glasgow’s answer to VDeep in Leith, opened on Great Western Road at the weekend while Chaakoo Bombay Cafe, on 79 St Vincent Street, opens officially to the public on Friday.

In a similar vein, Horn Please has been bustling along quite happily on Elderslie Street for a number of weeks now.

It recently attracted a bemused but generally positive review from The Guardian’s Marina O’Loughlin.

Ciaran Glöbel has also done design work for Nice 'n' Sleazy.
Ciaran Glöbel and some of the design work he has done for Nice ‘n’ Sleazy.