Bengal Barbecue

Bengal Barbecue
Park	Disneyland
Land	Adventureland
Type	Restaurant
Opening date	June 1992

This article is on the real-world restaurant in Disneyland. For the fictional location, see Bengal Barbecue (location).

Bengal Barbecue is a restaurant in Disneyland's Adventureland.

History

Backstory

Bengal Barbecue is a 1930s restaurant located within one of the exotic regions composing, "The Wilds of Adventureland". The shop is known for selling dishes made from the meats of exotic (and sometimes endangered) animals such as rhinos, tigers and cobras.

Jungle Cruise connections

Adventure Trading Company

The snake juju was earned by drinking, "Venomade" at the Bengal Barbecue. There were advertisements for Bengal Barbecue within the Daily Gnus newspaper and the Jungle Handbook for River Navigation. A board of Jungle Navigation Company deliveries mentioned the company delivering snake eggs from, "Safari Sue" to Bengal Barbecue. Skipper X had a review for the restaurant in the Daily Gnus.

The African Queen

The characters of Charlie Allnut and Rose Sayer appear on a photo and originate from the 1951 adventure film The African Queen, a film which influenced imagineer Harper Goff in his development of the Jungle Cruise.

Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye

To tie-in with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Bengal Barbecue served four Indiana Jones themed meal items. One was the Forbidden Turnover, modelled after the Eye of Mara.

Jungle Cruise

One of the photographs in Bengal Barbecue depicts the characters of Charlie Allnut and Rose Sayer aboard the Zambezi Miss. The boat is in-front of the African veldt with the original lost safari in the background. The two have a 1911 portrait of Dr. Albert Falls aboard their boat. There is another photo in the restaurant of Schweitzer Falls.

Shrunken Ned's Junior Jungle Boats

The character of Shrunken Ned originates from this attraction.

Other connections

Mystic Manor

The satchel of character Professor R. Blauerhimmel originating from this attraction appears on one of the shelves. Within his possession is a photo of himself and small portrait of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers meeting in 1899 at the Hotel Hightower, the headquarters of the evil Harrison Hightower III. Rose Sayer is shown holding a stuffed Albert the monkey, the protagonist of Mystic Manor.

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