Almasgoof bakes bread multiple times a day. Try dipping it in hummus and babaganoush. Image: Carlie Kollath Wells/Axios
Almasgoof is serving up delicious Iraqi and Middle Eastern food in a strip mall in Metairie.
What's happening: The restaurant gets its name from the style of cooking fish in a metal basket next to an open fire, owner Mahmoud Alhattab tells Axios.
The pompano ($21.99) cooked this way is a bestseller, and we made sure to leave behind none of the scrumptious meat.
What else we ordered: Homemade Turkish bread to dip in fresh hummus ($7.99) and lentil soup ($4.50).
We also loved the black Iraqi tea cooked in a kettle over a wood fire.
Be smart: There's a great floor seating area you can reserve in advance for groups.
Almasgoof has American-style tables and chairs in addition to this alcove with low, cushioned seats. Photo: Carlie Kollath Wells/AxiosThe lentil soup and black Iraqi tea are delicious. Photo: Carlie Kollath Wells/AxiosThe staff at Almasgoof helpfully showed us the proper way to debone a cooked pompano. Photo: Carlie Kollath Wells/Axios
