****UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS*****Saffron Jak Stone Bread Bakery and Cafe recently opened in North Phoenix AZ. This is a small not too fancy but comfortable cafe and stone bread bakery.

Saffron Jak serves Persian Food with a twist or two. They offer Persian Rice Bowls, Tacos and Pizza and they all include or are on Persian Stone Bread called Sangak Bread. The Stone bread is a sort of thin and tasty flat bread that is cooked over hot stones or a hot stone like material. Not all but most of the menu revolves on the delicious Sangak bread.

I had the Saffron Chicken Rice Bowl.

Chicken thigh meat was marinated with lemon and saffron but what made it POP was the creamy tahini sauce under the chicken. It was very good…..the chicken was also very  tender and flavorful. My platter came with stone bread, sweet peppers, fluffy rice, onions and a side of my choice that was creamy feta whip. The Feta Whip is very unique and special. It’s almost like sweet whipped feta butter and isn’t tangy…just a creamy delight!

My husband tried two meals……since the prices were low and he couldn’t decide.

He had the Tri Tip Rice Bowl and the meat from the Koobideh Taco.

The Tri Tip Rice Bowl was tender Persian Spiced Beef with chopped herbs and kidney beans over fluffy rice. On the side he had very flavorful fresh Shiaazi Salad of Persian Cucumbers, tomato, onions, parsley and lemon and of course some stone bread.

The Koobideh Taco is sort of an elongated Persian Meatball Sandwich in Stonebread served with mast o khiar that’s basically a yogurt based sauce with cucumber, shallots and mint.

All the food was incredibly delicious! Prices are low and portions were large.

The staff was also very engaging and efficient.

***UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS****

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