$1 dining: Muhammarajun at Sipan Bakery

The muhammarajun at Sipan Bakery costs just a dollar. But it's so good that you might want two.

By Betty Hallock

Nov. 30, 2012 12 AM PT

One dollar.

Can it buy you lunch?

It seems unlikely, especially now that it costs as much as $7 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks. Unlikely -- yes. Impossible -- maybe not.

Sipan Bakery in Glendale makes a respectable lahmajun, a.k.a. Armenian “pizza,” smeared with ground beef, tomatoes, parsley and garlic. But it’s Saipan’s concoction called muhammarajun, the same dough topped with pomegranate-walnut dip muhammara before it goes into the oven, that’s the unique standout.

The baker behind the counter will ask if you’d like it extra crisp (yes) and it comes fresh out of the oven, hot and crispy-crusted. The muhammara is spicy, sweet and tart, the whole thing sprinkled with sesame seeds. The only problem is it’s so good, you might want to get two. That’s $2.

1250 W. Glenoaks Blvd., Suite C, Glendale, (818) 240-0699, www.sipanbakery.com.

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

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