Saffron

“Choppy bubbly YUMMMM!! Put it in your TUMMMMM! Wait one second and...”

—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.

Saffron, like all other Flipside residents, has a doppelgänger who lives in Flopside; her name is Dyllis. The main difference between the two is that Saffron will only cook recipes that require one ingredient, while Dyllis cooks recipes that require two. 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. In the end, everyone celebrates victory by going to her shop and chew on some of her snacks (though it isn't shown, it is stated).

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's Dishes

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

Recipes/Ingredients

Main article: List of Saffron and Dyllis Recipes

Main article: List of Saffron and Dyllis Recipes/By Ingredient

Trivia

• 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, an enormous meal to behold. Merlon had finished all but a pit of parsley when he heard that an injured girl had appeared in Flipside. He rushed off to take care of her, and the parsley was left ever since.
• Saffron is fairly similar to Tayce T. from Toad Town in Paper Mario on the Nintendo 64.