A new restaurant in Oakland is seeking to bring the cuisine of Afghanistan to new heights. Jaji, co-owned by Sophia Akbar and Paul Iglesias of Parche, walks the line between familiar and iconoclastic, with mantu-like wonton dumplings with confit duck and miso and cocktails mixed with yogurt and Silk Road spices.
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The owners of Parche are embracing the Afghani American experience with the opening of Jaji on Thursday, January 30.
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Forge specializes in sourdough pies baked in wood-fired ovens. For travelers getting off a red-eye, the airport location has an early menu served until 10 a.m. that includes a bacon-and-mushroom “breakfast pizza” (with a sunny-side egg on top, $20) and a veggie skillet with eggs, soy chorizo, gruyere and tater tots ($17.50).
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