Saffron 685

Published on Thursday, January 11, 2007, by C. Thi Nguyen / Edit Post

rworange is excited about newly-opened Saffron 685, which serves stupendous tasties like Moroccan spiced hot cocoa (with cardamom) and french fries with saffron or balsamic aioli, as well as regular things like falafel, hummus, kebabs, etc. (lamb shawerma’s good stuff, says Benny Choi).

One of the standout items is the locally-made Turkish delight, especially the intoxicating cardamom flavor. And the house-made kanofa, a sort of shredded orange pastry full of cheese and orange blossom water and topped with pretty green chopped pistachios, is killer, even reheated in the microwave. Definitely worth checking out.


Saffron 865 [Design District]
685 Townsend St., San Francisco
415-863-2285
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  • Beside how awesome the food at this place but the kind of soups they serve are just outstanding, I had today at lunch the saffron shrimp soup w/asparagus and the Latkes plate ( potato pancakes) amazing, last week I had for dinner the red lentil soup and salmon fillet plate.
    My compliment to the chef

  • So we came here a group of 6, this area of San Francisco kind of new & not so many foot traffic.
    We ordered different dishes as follows: prawn kebab, vegi kebab, lamb kebab, chicken kebab, Salmon fillet, red lentil soup & latkes plate( potato pancake), for dessert we had pistachio baklava,walnut baklava, saffron rice pudding & gaz( nougat w/ pistachio. Everything was excellent, I was hopping you...+READ

    So we came here a group of 6, this area of San Francisco kind of new & not so many foot traffic.
    We ordered different dishes as follows: prawn kebab, vegi kebab, lamb kebab, chicken kebab, Salmon fillet, red lentil soup & latkes plate( potato pancake), for dessert we had pistachio baklava,walnut baklava, saffron rice pudding & gaz( nougat w/ pistachio. Everything was excellent, I was hopping you guys open one in the Marina though.-COLLAPSE

  • If you looking for a great delicious mediterranean this is the one, make sure to leave a space for the dessert.