Al Dhiaffah Al Iraqi

Al Dhiaffah Al Iraqi opened in Fairfield in 1997, and back then, it may well have been Sydney’s first Iraqi restaurant. Two decades later, this modest restaurant is still serving up Iraqi food to Sydneysiders. Though the ensuing years have seen a few more Sydney-based Iraqi restaurants pop up, including Fairfield neighbour Kebab Abu Ali.

We’re greeted warmly, and ushered into a table of our choice that is surrounded by high-backed chairs. The walls are covered with fading monochrome images of old Iraq, which make a nice change from colour-saturated images of the Iraqi Civil War and ISIS that grace our television ...read more