I love Balqis Restaurant's signature dishes Mandi, Kabsa, and fragrant aromatic rice served in an elegant royal-inspired dining experience with spacious setting. The menu is inspired by the legendary Queen Balqis, focusing on high-quality ingredients and authentic spices that provide a truly Yemeni dining experience rather than merely just generic Arabic food. It is located at the Shaftsbury Avenue Putrajaya, the restaurant features large windows providing stunning, and calming scenic views of Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin or famously known as the Iron Mosque, the Putrajaya Lake, and Alamanda Mall.
I understand from my Yemeni students at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) that “Directly across history and major Abrahamic religions, the figure of Queen Balqis (most widely known as the Queen of Sheba) holds profound spiritual, cultural, leadership significance, and pragmatic diplomacy. Islamic tradition identifies her as Bilqis. According to our historical findings, when she received a letter from Prophet Sulayman (Solomon) inviting her to submit to monotheism, her advisors pushed for war. She astutely recognized that war brings ruin to cities and chose to send a peaceful, testing gift first.”
They added, “Queen Bilqis or Balqis is highly regarded for her practice of shura (consultative decision-making). She relied on the counsel of her nobles while in dependently maintaining final executive authority. Her ultimate significance in the Qur'an is her transition from ruling a prosperous, polytheistic kingdom to abandoning her ego and accepting truth. Historically linked to the ancient kingdom of Saba in modern-day Yemen and across the red Sea in Ethiopia. Her legacy is tied to an incredibly prosperous civilization fueled by the global trade of spices, incense, and goal.” (www.yaqeeninstitute.org.my)
I understand Balqis Restaurant serves fresh and authentic Arabic Yemini cuisine just as Queen Balqis was once known for to satisfy the appetite of Arabic Kings & members of the royal family. My wife, Zarina & I experienced an unforgettable feast truly made for kings and queens when we dine at the Balqis.
Zulkifly Baharom (hajizul50@gmail.com) is a content creator under the Newswav Creator programme, where you get to express yourself, be a citizen journalist, and at the same time monetize your content & reach millions of users on Newswav. Log in to creator.newswav.com and become a Newswav Creator now!
The User Content (as defined on Newswav Terms of Use) above including the views expressed and media (pictures, videos, citations etc) were submitted & posted by the author. Newswav is solely an aggregation platform that hosts the User Content. If you have any questions about the content, copyright or other issues of the work, please contact creator@newswav.com.