BuraqHome cooking at work

Buraq Hospitality · Cardiff

Home cooking that comes to work.

Hooria Khalid cooks hot Pakistani lunches in her registered Cardiff kitchen every morning and delivers them to desks by one. Buying your own lunch? That's Buraq Flash. Employer feeding the team? That's Buraq Table.

First deliveries Monday 28 September 2026 · Monday to Friday · order by 10:00 · delivered 12:00–13:00 · free across Cardiff.

An open kraft Buraq box on a wooden table by a window: chicken curry with rice, a fan of cucumber, tomato and onion salad with a green chilli, and a pot of raita
Registered
City of Cardiff Council
Food safety
Level 2 trained · rating awaited
Allergens
Milk only · full sheet →
Delivery
12:00–13:00 · free across Cardiff
Whole spices — cumin, coriander seed, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, dried chillies and turmeric — being ground in a stone pestle and mortar

The cook

Cooked by Hooria.

I've cooked for my family and friends for twenty years. Buraq is that food — curry, pilau and biryani made properly, from whole spices, in a kitchen I keep for nothing else. Order before ten and I'll cook it that morning.

Hooria Khalid, cook and director, BuraqHospitality Ltd

Cooked by Hooria Khalid in her registered Cardiff kitchen.

  • Ground from raw

    Garam masala and biryani masala, ground in the kitchen from whole spices. No bought-in blends.

  • Cooked from scratch

    The pots go on after the 10:00 cut-off, so every box is cooked to order that morning — nothing is cooked for a guess.

  • Sunflower oil, never ghee

    Every curry, pilau and biryani is cooked in sunflower oil.

  • Greek yoghurt raita

    A pot in every box, made with Greek-style yoghurt. It's the one allergen in the box: milk.

  • Fresh that day

    Meat and vegetables bought fresh; salad and raita packed the same morning as the main.

  • A dedicated kitchen

    Used only for Buraq, and registered with City of Cardiff Council.

The name

Buraq — Arabic for lightning-quick. Order by 10, eat by 1.

The word comes from barq, lightning, and is usually translated as "a little flash of lightning" — so Buraq Flash is simply the name translating itself: you order, you pay, and it's hot on your desk by one. Buraq Table is the other half of hospitality, the shared meal that someone else hosts: your employer orders, the boxes arrive with names on, and one invoice covers the lot. Hospitality is the company's job in one word — we host lunch.

The kitchen & standards

Only what the lid can prove.

One dedicated kitchen in Cardiff — registered, insured, and inspected after launch. This is exactly where we stand today.

  • Registered food business

    City of Cardiff Council (Shared Regulatory Services).

  • Level 2 food-safety trained

    Hygiene rating awaited — the first inspection happens after launch. Go to food.gov.uk/ratings to find our rating, or ask us when you order.

  • A dedicated kitchen

    Used only for Buraq. Nothing else is cooked there.

  • Safer Food, Better Business

    The Food Standards Agency's food-safety management system, kept live in the kitchen every working day.

  • £5,000,000 public & product liability

    Insured. Policy on file.

  • Allergens

    Contains milk (the yoghurt). Made without the other 13 listed allergens as ingredients — full allergen sheet →

Where we deliver

Free across Cardiff, Monday to Friday.

Postcodes CF10 to CF24, plus the St Mellons and Wentloog business parks. The checkout checks your postcode before you pay.

  • Cardiff Gate
  • St Mellons Business Park
  • Llanishen & Ty Glas
  • Heath & Maindy
  • Cathays Park
  • City centre
  • Callaghan Square & Capital Quarter
  • Central Square
  • Cardiff Bay
  • Pontprennau & Cyncoed

Somewhere else in Cardiff? Ask — if the postcode is in the zone, we'll come.

Launch

Monday 28 September 2026

First deliveries. Order by 10:00 for today; after 10:00 you're ordering for the next working day. Delivered 12:00–13:00.

Flash: order by 10:00 for today. Table: confirm headcount by 10:00 the day before.

Cinio blasus, cooked this morning.

Where we're going

One kitchen first. Then, maybe, a second.

Buraq starts small on purpose: one cook, one kitchen, one city. Because every box is cooked after the 10:00 cut-off, nothing is cooked for a forecast and nothing is thrown away.

The plan for year one is unglamorous. Earn a place on Cardiff's business parks one standing order at a time, write down exactly how the kitchen runs, and only open a second kitchen when it can be held to the same standard — registered, inspected, rated. If Buraq is ever in another city, it will be with the same box, the same cut-off, and a cook with a name.

Contact

Talk to a person.

Ordering for yourself: hello@. Feeding a team: welcome@. Anything on the day: ring or WhatsApp Hooria.

BuraqHospitality Ltd · Cardiff CF23 · Monday to Friday.

Questions

Four things people ask.

Can I order for today?

Order by 10:00 for today. After 10, you're ordering for the next working day. First deliveries are Monday 28 September 2026 — you can pre-order launch week now.

What's in a Buraq box?

A hot main — chicken, lamb or vegetable curry with rice, chicken or lamb pilau, or chicken or lamb biryani — with fresh salad, a pot of Greek-yoghurt raita and a cold drink (a can, or bottled water). Seven mains, one price.

What about allergens?

Every box contains milk (the yoghurt). Made without the other 13 listed allergens as ingredients. Samosas, a Table add-on, contain wheat. If you have an allergy, tell us when you order and read the full allergen sheet.

How do I pay?

Buraq Flash: card, Apple Pay or Google Pay when you order. Buraq Table: one monthly invoice, itemised, 14-day terms by bank transfer — a trial week first, and no long contract.