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| - If you're the kind of person who loves bread, in and of itself, you should definitely visit Al-Baghdadi.
I remember making a list of bookmarks before my Montréal trip and seeing this place come up very highly. As i scanned through the pictures, quickly swiping left on most of the ones for cookies and middle eastern desserts, I saw one for the airy bread and paused and thought: whoa! What happened here?!
Luckily, whenever I visited Al-Baghdadi, I had already consumed my share of sugar for the week, and so I wasn't tempted by the Baklavas, Katayefs and Maamouls, though the Kunafa tasted just fine after heating. On my first visit, I tried one of the Manakeesh they are famous for with a separate order of the garlic bread. The garlic bread was fantastic, but I thought the strengths of the bread were minimized in the Manakeesh (Mergez) wrap with the amount of oil that ran down my hand and upper arm. The next time I ordered the plain bread (Khubbuz) with Hummus and beef, and a separate order of the Garlic bread. The garlic bread was as consistent as the first time I'd eaten here. I didn't think much of the Hummus itself, could easily have been store bought (or not), but the minced beef was simply delicious and spiced just right. The plain bread was delightfully fluffy.
So, basically the lovely brick oven lends itself to magical breads and pair those separately with anything beef. I'd think it's better to go with the pizza than the Manakeesh (wrap). Service was polite and helpful, with no language barriers.
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