{"id":101808,"date":"2025-12-19T22:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/101808\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T22:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:55:06","slug":"hit-uptown-oakland-for-a-taste-of-modern-afghan-food-in-a-delightful-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/101808\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit Uptown Oakland for a Taste of Modern Afghan Food in a Delightful Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Paul Iglesias and Sophia Akbar first unleashed their large-format, festive vision for Oakland dining with the Colombian <a href=\"https:\/\/sf.eater.com\/venue\/94108\/parche\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parche<\/a> in 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/sf.eater.com\/venue\/114623\/jaji\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaji<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/sf.eater.com\/2025\/1\/23\/24350595\/contemporary-afghan-restaurant-opening-jaji-oakland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">debuted in early 2025<\/a>, applies the pair\u2019s vivacious approach to family-style dining to Afghan cuisine, with a menu that celebrates tradition in novel, sophisticated ways. One year into business, this model seems to be working out great.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Jaji\u2019s cocktail standouts balance sweetness and spice in novel ways. Order the Pashtunwali #1, with date-infused bourbon and cumin soda, and the Sparks Like Stars, a playful take on the lychee martini, with a lychee-yogurt wash that references the marinated chicken kabobs (a great pairing).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Keep an eye out for the fun Afghan Fried Chicken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opentable.com\/booking\/experiences-availability?rid=1401451&amp;restref=1401451&amp;experienceId=600282&amp;utm_source=external&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=shared&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn3LaLdv0CI6ItdkY930LJoi2k1_1QbKQ7C6hh42e2vRjM_Jmg5ESlsVFeL5E_aem_I2GJpu_zTsqCN-pBe6lBMQ&amp;brid=z7El62E-EEgA8CGXiATMXw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pop-up<\/a> the restaurant occasionally hosts, featuring crispy, spicy chicken, caviar, and champagne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Iglesias and Sophia Akbar first unleashed their large-format, festive vision for Oakland dining with the Colombian Parche&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[28829,143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-101808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-dining-reports","9":"tag-oakland","10":"tag-oakland-headlines","11":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}