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Al Hamdani Bakery in Kent is amazingly good!

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Al Hamdani Bakery in Kent, Renton's neighbor to the south, is amazingly good. It's an Iraqi bakery. Some of the things they bake will be familiar to many, like baklava, but some of the others will be only familiar to those who frequent Middle Eastern bakeries, or to Iraqis themselves. First, the bread, the pointy ended ovalish picture on the right: it's called Samoon, and it's Iraqi pita, but puffier, and absolutely perfect for filling( as shown on the left.) It can hold a lot of stuff. Then, the pastries. On the top left is Znoud Al Sit, which is filled with sweetened clotted cream and a rosewater syrup, and topped with ground pistachio. Top right are the cigar shaped Bourma, bottom left is baklava, and bottom right is Kataifi.  They have many, many other things to try. If you're losing to much weight, go to Al Hamdani. Their stuff is pretty irresistible. I don't find myself in that part of Kent very often, but there's a nearby pet food store, and