Passorn

Passorn Thai

Passorn Thai was launched in December 2009 by Cindy Sirapassorn, with the goal of providing wholly authentic Thai cuisine using only the finest Scottish produce plus imported Thai herbs and vegetables.

‘Passorn’ means ‘angel’ in Thai and we wish to provide an angelic experience for our customers.

Passorn is owned by a Thai woman, uses only authentic Thai recipes (many of these being family recipes).

Vibrant, chic, and already famed for our delicious food, Passorn has taken Thai dining into the 21st Century.

Passorn Thai has breathed new life into Thai dining and has made a huge impression, swiftly acquiring a well-deserved reputation for being the finest Thai restaurant in Scotland.

http://passornthai.com

Edinburgh Gluten Free Guide - Gluten Free Edinburgh

Costa – Royal Mile / North Bridge – good coffee chain, GF cake option + GF sandwich The Elephant House – George IV Bridge – ‘The birthplace of Harry Potter’ – good selection of foods (do not be tempted by the place next door!)

Review A canteen style veggie eatery which feels like a 70s throwback, but which serves good wholesome food in large portions, Henderson’s is a good stop-off for filling up on gluten free food  Upstairs is a little takeaway/deli which stocks GF biscuits and gluten free meals.

69 North Castle Street Chains and other places to try: Café St Honore – an Edinburgh institution serving French/Scottish food – Thistle Street Lane Pret – a good high street great quality fast food chain with soups and salads.

Their GF choice is brilliant and there is a good choice of GF breakfasts: Castle St, Hanover St, Shandwick Place Iris– a cute little restaurant on Thistle Street that is thoughtful towards food allergies Mussel Inn – you won’t get any bread, but the Mussels are good Costa – a nice Costa with wonderful views of the Castle at the corner of Hanover Street and Princes Street.

They will have a GF wrap and one or two cakes Gusto – good mid-range Italian with good GF options – review Zizzi – Italian chain in Ocean Terminal Leith, Queensferry St and Roxburghe Court Castle Terrace – five star wonders Timberyard – award winning dining in interesting surroundings with a good vibe The Huxley – Hotel-based restaurant at the West End with a new and extensive gluten free menu Chop Chop – if chinese is your thing, this colourful place near Haymarket Station has good gluten free options.

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Nok's Kitchen is a wonderful Thai restaurant nestled in a cobbled street in trendy Stockbridge.

The interior is beautifully decorated, but retains a warm and cosy feel.

This warmth extends to the... Read More Nok's Kitchen is a wonderful Thai restaurant nestled in a cobbled street in trendy Stockbridge.

Nok's Kitchen is a family run business offering homely and delicious food rather than the style conscious offerings of many other Thai restaurants.

One exception to this, however, is their signature dish which is served with some flair.

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Serving a refined, modern take on classic dishes and flavours, it’s easy to see why regulars return time and time again to Passorn.

Owner Cindy Sirapassorn takes inspiration from the food she grew up with in Bangkok and with restaurant-owning parents, delicious Thai cuisine is in her blood.

Passorn’s signature dishes showcase their sophisticated approach to Cindy’s family recipes: pla chao wang, a salad of crispy seabass, is spicy, sweet, beautifully presented and comes direct from her parents’ kitchen.

A starter of plump scallops are seared then served in their shells, swimming in a fragrant coconut and lemongrass sauce.

The angel curry is a thick sirloin steak cooked to your liking then smothered in red curry sauce (it may take all your willpower not to lick the plate clean).

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Then, when we arrive for the review, they’re tinkering around with our booking on the computer when “Gail Soutar, big important food writer from Scotsman” flashed up.

Our Mr and Mrs King Prawns (£8.25), which came with a sweet chilli dip, were in a very happy relationship, despite their fashion differences – three were clad in thick furry Cruella de Vil coats, made from textured Singha beer batter and the other threesome in a smooth crisp filo wrap.

I could’ve eaten a wheelbarrow full of the steamed fragrant Thai rice with coconut (£3.25) and then refilled it with some of the steamed sticky glutinous rice (£4), which was neatly swaddled in a pandan leaf.

We thought we were done with this grainy carb, but found space for khao neow ma moang (£7.25), aka a champagne glass that was filled with black sticky sweet rice, with a topping of vanilla ice-cream and cardamom tinged mango chunks.

It’s going to be a 9 out of ten, courtesy of Gail Big Important Food Writer Hansen.

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Presented underneath a wicker bird cage cloche were two rose-shaped dumplings, each the pastel pink-and-purple colour of a My Little Pony, with a blob of sesame seed scattered coconut cream in the stamen.

The doughy casing of these dumplings was on the cusp of sickly sweet, but was tempered by a nutty salty centre of macerated prawn, chicken, peanut and shallots.

Our other starter, the karee puff (£4.95), featured three buttery russet-brown pasties, each stuffed with a curried sweet potato chilli-spiked mush, and there was a little bowl of clear cucumbery syrup on the side to lighten the richness.

Apart from the fatty duck skin, which we peeled away from the meat like a spent leech, this dish was good – sweet with coconut milk and a little spice, with bits of pineapple, holy basil and halved red grapes in the mix.

Compared to other Edinburgh Thai restaurants like the upmarket Passorn and trendy Ting Thai Caravan, the food served in this place is much homelier.

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It is Edinburgh's only Michelin starred restaurant with rooms.

21212 sits in a listed Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh’s Royal Terrace.

Paul has stayed true to his contemporary French cooking style but has added a unique approach to his menu combinations.

Though the menu never has more than three choices for any course, variety is achieved by having a new menu each week.