Charcoal grill with kebab skewers over open flame
● Open now · until 11 PM Toronto
MODERN PERSIAN KITCHEN

Ember Saffron

Fire-kissed kebabs, saffron in everything, and stews that simmer all day. Scan, browse, order — right from your table.

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Table 12
Dine-in · your server is Ava

Starters

Small plates, big smoke

Kashke Bademjan eggplant dip$11.99

Kashke Bademjan

Ember-roasted eggplant folded with whey, crispy mint oil and sweet onion. Warm barbari for dragging through it.

VEGETARIANPOPULAR

Serves 2 · with bread

Mirza Ghasemi smoky eggplant$12.49

Mirza Ghasemi

Eggplant smoked directly in the coals, beaten with tomato, garlic and egg. The dish our regulars order twice.

VEGETARIANSMOKY

Serves 2 · with bread

From the Fire

Over binchotan-style charcoal, with saffron rice & charred tomato

Beef Koobideh kebab on saffron rice$21.99

Beef Koobideh

Two skewers of hand-minced beef, kissed by flame until the edges char and the centre stays silk.

MOST ORDEREDGLUTEN-FREE

2 skewers · rice included

Joojeh saffron chicken kebab$23.99

Joojeh Saffron Chicken

Overnight saffron-and-yogurt marinade, grilled hard and fast, finished with charred lemon and sumac butter.

GLUTEN-FREE

Boneless · rice included

Lamb Shishlik chops stacked on a board$32.99

Lamb Shishlik

A stacked rack of marinated lamb chops, rested over rosemary smoke. Order it medium-rare and thank us later.

CHEF’S PICKGLUTEN-FREE

4 chops · rice included

Stews & Mains

Simmered since morning

Ghormeh Sabzi herb stew$19.99

Ghormeh Sabzi

Five herbs, beef and dried lime, cooked low for six hours until it turns the colour of a forest at dusk.

THE CLASSIC

With saffron rice

Fesenjan walnut pomegranate stew$21.99

Fesenjan

Chicken braised in ground walnut and pomegranate molasses — dark, glossy, sweet-sour in every bite.

GLUTEN-FREE

With saffron rice

Rice & Sides

Never an afterthought

Zereshk Polo saffron rice with barberries$8.99

Zereshk Polo

A steaming mound of saffron basmati under tart barberries and pistachio — the jewel box of the table.

VEGETARIAN

Side · generously portioned

Tahdig crispy golden rice$6.99

Tahdig — Crispy Rice

The golden crust everyone fights over, cut into shards. We make extra. It still runs out.

SELLS OUTVEGETARIAN

Side · while it lasts

Drinks

Poured the Persian way

Doogh yogurt drink with mint$4.49

Doogh

Ice-cold yogurt and mint, frothed to order. Kebab’s oldest friend.

VEGETARIAN

Tall glass · 400 ml

Persian tea in a traditional glass$3.99

Persian Tea

Cardamom black tea in a slim glass, with a stick of saffron rock candy to stir in slowly.

VEGETARIAN

Refills on the house

Desserts

End on gold

Pistachio baklava$7.99

Pistachio Baklava

Forty layers of filo, a snowfall of pistachio, honey poured while it’s still warm from the oven.

POPULAR

2 pieces

Bastani saffron ice cream$8.49

Bastani — Saffron Ice Cream

Deep-gold saffron and rosewater ice cream with pistachio dust and frozen cream shards.

VEGETARIANGLUTEN-FREE

2 scoops · wafer

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