Saffron

“Choppy bubbly YUMMMM!! Put it in your TUMMMMM! One more second and then...”

—Saffron, Super Paper Mario

Saffron is a character in Super Paper Mario. She is a chef who runs Sweet Smiles, a restaurant located on the first floor of Flipside. She can cook Mario and the other heroes various recipes if they bring her items. Her name comes from a spice of the same name that is grown mostly in southern Asia and is primarily used as an ingredient in various dishes. Its taste is recognized as "metallic honey" by some, which may parallel Saffron's sweet personality. Saffron's benevolence may also reflect that of Tayce T., the cook in the original Paper Mario.

Saffron, like all other Flipside residents, has a doppelgänger who lives in Flopside; her name is Dyllis. Some differences between the two is that Saffron will only cook recipes that require one ingredient, while Dyllis cooks recipes that require two, and that Dyllis has a more German accent. During the game, Saffron comes to Mario's aid by cooking him a Spicy Soup in order to revive Princess Peach after she unexpectedly falls into Flipside.

According to Carson, Merlon was once in love with Saffron. She told him she would go out with him if he could finish a Saffron Special Galactic Meal. Merlon had finished all but a pit of parsley when he heard that an injured girl had appeared in Flipside and rushed to her aid, forfeiting the challenge.

Saffron's Dishes

Dish	Sprite	Ingredient	Function
Block Meal		Block Block	Temporarily makes the hero invincible.
Dangerous Delight		Poison Shroom / Ghost Shroom	Temporarily makes the hero slow, game controls reversed, unable to use special skills, and unable to jump high.
Dayzee Syrup		Dayzee Tear	Temporarily doubles attack and gradually restores 1 HP at a time.
Electro Pop		Thunder Rage	Allows the hero to paralyze enemies.
Fried Egg		Big Egg	Restores 15 HP and cures poison.
Fried Shroom Plate		Shroom Shake / Volt Shroom / Long-Last Shake	Restores 15 HP and cures poison.
Golden Meal		Gold Bar	Restores 1 HP and cures poison.
Hamburger		Power Steak	Restores 20 HP and cures poison.
Healthy Salad		Fresh Veggie	Restores 15 HP and cures poison.
Herb Tea		Smelly Herb	Restores 7 HP and cures poison.
Honey Candy		Honey Jar	Restores 12 HP and cures poison.
Inky Soup		Inky Sauce	Restores 15 HP and cures poison.
Koopa Tea		Turtley Leaf	Temporarily halves damage taken from enemies.
Mango Juice		Keel Mango	Restores 10 HP and cures poison.
Megaton Dinner		POW Block	Shakes the ground and destroys on-screen ground enemies.
Meteor Meal		Shooting Star	Destroys on-screen enemies with shooting stars.
Miracle Dinner		Mystery Box (8% chance it will work)	Restores 1 HP and cures poison.
Mistake (1)		(Wrong ingredient)	Restores 1 HP and cures poison.
Mistake (2)		Sleepy Sheep	Puts on-screen enemies to sleep.
Peach Juice		Peachy Peach	Restores 12 HP and cures poison.
Roast Horsetail		Horsetail	Restores 15 HP and cures poison.
Roast Shroom Dish		Super Shroom Shake / Life Shroom	Restores 30 HP and cures poison.
Roast Whacka Bump		Whacka Bump	Restores 5 HP and cures poison.
Sap Syrup		Sap Soup	Temporarily halves damage taken from enemies and gradually restores 1 HP at a time.
Shroom Steak		Ultra Shroom Shake	Restores 70 HP and cures poison.
Sky Juice		Blue/Red/Pink/Yellow Apple	Restores 15 HP and cures poison.
Slimy Extract		Slimy Shroom	Cures curses and poison.
Snow Cone		Ice Storm	Freezes on-screen enemies.
Spaghetti Plate		Fresh Pasta Bunch	Restores 15 HP and cures poison.
Spicy Soup		Fire Burst	Restores 8 HP and cures poison.
Spit Roast ("Roast Meat" in PAL versions)		Bone-In Cut	Temporarily doubles attack.
Sweet Cookie Snack		Cake Mix	Restores 10 HP and cures poison.
Town Special		Primordial Fruit	Restores 5 HP and cures poison.
Warm Cocoa		Mild Cocoa Bean	Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

Recipes

Main article: List of Saffron and Dyllis Recipes

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ドロシー[?] Doroshī	Dorothy
French	Safron[?]	From Safran (saffron)
German	Safrania[?]	From German Safran (saffron)
Italian	Cipollina[?]	Small Onion, but also an Italian generic nickname for little girls
Portuguese	Açafrão[?]	Saffron
Spanish	Azafrán[?]	Saffron