Saffron Restaurant & Lounge
(612) 746-5533

Main
Dinner

Happy Hours
- Marinated Olives & Pickles $3.50
- French Fries $3.50
  
  Sheep's milk feta fondue & parsley
- Grilled Kofta Meatballs $5.50
  
  Served with a? slightly spicy tomato sauce
- Chicken & Porcini Mushroom Croquettes $5.50
  
  Our take on the classic spanish dish
- A Selection of Traditional Spreads $5.50
  
  Served with fresh pita
- Bastirma $7.50
  
  House cured and dried beef in the turkish style
- Lamb Bacon "BLT" $7.50
  
  House made lamb bacon, tomato jam and arugula on vanilla egg bread
- Roast Lamb "Sandoozles" $7.50
  
  Spicy feta and pickled cucumber on a seeded bun

To Share Mezze, Tapas & Snacks
- Hummus Original $7.00
  
  A puree of chickpeas with tahini, lemon, garlic and palestinian olive oil. Just like in palestine. Add bastima $3.00
- Hummus Turk $9.00
  
  Served with caramelized paprika butter and za'tar. Add bastima $3.00
- A Selection of Traditional Spreads $9.00
  
  Yellow lentil,? smokey eggplant and spicy feta.
- Bastirma $10.00
  
  House cured and dried beef in the turkish style with seasonal accompaniments
- Giant Beans $7.00
  
  Dressed in lemon, olive oil and dill
- Marinated Olives & Pickles $5.00
  
  A changing selection
- Slow Cooked Green Beans $8.00
  
  Served with tomato in the style of my palestinian grandmother

Salads, Apps & Sides
- Green Salad $9.00
  
  Served with soft herbs, nuts, seeds, soft boiled egg and grilled lemon or shallot dressing
- Gently Smoked Arctic Char $13.00
  
  Served with green charmoula, yogurt and potato
- Figs & Foie $13.00
  
  Turkish white figs stuffed with foie gras served with aged balsamic vinegar and hazelnuts
- Chicken "Bisteeya" $9.00
  
  An aromatic saffron stewed chicken & almond pie wrapped in a phyllo pastry with cinnamon sugar
- Lamb Bacon "BLT" $9.00
  
  House made lamb bacon, saffron-tomato jam and arugula on vanilla egg bread
- Coriander Potatoes $8.00
  
  Served with roasted tomatoes, caramelized paprika butter and garlic yogurt
- Caramelized Brussels Sprouts $9.00
  
  Served with lemon, anchovy, parsley and tahini
- Fall Mushroom Farrotto $13.00
  
  Farro cooked in the style of risotto with fall mushrooms, parsley and taleggio cheese

To Share Mezze, Tapas & Snacks
- Croquettes w/ Chicken & Porcini Mushroom $7.00
  
  Our take on the classic spanish dish
- Croquettes w/ Beef Ham & Manchego Cheese $8.00
  
  Our take on the classic spanish dish
- Octopus "A La Plancha" $9.00
  
  Cooked on a hot plate with toasted garlic, smoked paprika and sherry
- Fried Cauliflower $8.00
  
  Served with sheep's milk feta fondue and north african spices
- Middle Eastern Sausage $8.00
  
  House made beef, lamb & pine nut sausage with lemon
- Fried Beef Kubbeh $8.00
  
  Bulgur shell stuffed with spiced beef and pine nuts served with cucumber yogurt
- Grilled Kofta Meatballs $9.00
  
  Served with a slightly spicy tomato sauce
- Lamb Brain $6.00
  
  Served with olive oil stewed tomatoes, garlic and parsley

Entrees, Big Plates
- Roasted Chicken $21.00
  
  Served with eggplant lovash, tahini and exotic spices
- Sauteed Parisian Gnocchi $21.00
  
  Served with autumn vegetables, soft herbs and black truffle-taleggio cheese fondue
- Grilled New York Strip $29.00
  
  Thick cut strip loin with "nicoise" condiment
- Grilled Lamb Chops $38.00
  
  Marinated in greek herbs & spices, served with lemon or olive oil sauce
- Whole Roasted Branzini
  
  "Mediterranean sea bass" with crispy grape leaves, olive oil, lemon and herbs

Tagine

A traditional slow cooked north african dish named after the cooking vessel.
- Lamb Shank $27.00
  
  Served with squash, chickpeas, honeyed onions, ras el hanout and sultanas
- Duck Leg (1/2) $30.00
  
  In a fresh turmeric broth, turnips, white beans, apricotsand preserved lemon
- Duck Leg $45.00
  
  In a fresh turmeric broth, turnips, white beans, apricotsand preserved lemon
- Vegetable (1/2) $18.00
  
  Autumn vegetables and legumes with preserved lemon and "spice trail" tagine spice
- Vegetable $25.00
  
  Autumn vegetables and legumes with preserved lemon and "spice trail" tagine spice
- Seafood
  
  A changing selection

Desserts
- Pumpkin Bavarois $9.00
  
  Served with salted caramel, green apple, ras el hanout and pomegranate granita
- Sour Cherries & Creme $10.00
  
  Creme brulee? tart with sour cherries, pears and arak
- Traditional Pastry Plate $9.00
  
  A selection of our favorites
- Shredded Phyllo & Sweet Cheese Pie $11.00
  
  Served with cardamom-saffron syrup and pistachios.
- Chocolate & Coconut $9.00
  
  Chocolate cremeux, white chocolate or banana ganache, toasted coconut cake and passion fruit sherbet
- House Made Ice Cream or Sorbet Flight $8.00

Coffee
- Turkish Coffee $3.00
- Coffee $3.00
- Espresso $3.00
- Latte $4.00
- Cappuccino $4.00
- Double Espresso $4.00

Beverages
- Mulled Cider $5.50
  
  Apple cider steeped with warm spices and ginger
- Prince Charming $5.50
  
  Mango, ginger? and lime
- Crocus Fields $5.00
  
  House made hibiscus or saffron tonic and lemon
- Beautiful Tango $4.00
  
  Hibiscus tea infused with dark spices
- Reed's Extra Ginger Brew $3.50
  
  Jamaican style ginger beer
- Coca-Cola Bottle $3.50
  
  Mexican
- Diet Coke $2.50
- Sprite $2.50

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