Bengal Kitchen — Restaurant in Brisbane City

On entering the ‘Beast of Bengal’ with my wife, I felt some sense of trepidation, as the restaurant was completely empty, and you could hear a pin drop in the silence. On being seated, I took in my surroundings, which were dominated by plastic table coverings, and random photos on the walls, like some kind of ‘collage.’ On looking closer, it appeared the restaurant had some kind of allegiance to the Labour Party, as there was a photo of Kevin Rudd in his younger days, before he pissed everyone off, and was ousted as prime minister minister, along with a photo of Jacinda Adern wearing a hijab, with the words ‘trust,’ ‘integrity’ written on it (or words to that effect).The walls were also adorned with various other random photos, ranging from football teams, to militant looking youths with green headbands, presumably something to do with Bangladeshi youth leisure activities. After perusing the various political statements that was the restaurant walls, in the silence, I returned to the table. I tried to liven up proceedings, by playing some Indian tunes on Spotify on my mobile, before my wife shut the party down, with a disapproving look on her face. The waiter then came over and took our order, he almost seemed quite put out that we had the audacity to order food, it was like we were interrupting something. All became clear, when he then proceeded to turn the TV on in the restaurant, and stand with his back to us, to watch the football. This also explained the absence of music, and the football photos adorning the walls. Anyway, it turns out men can multi task, as in-between waiting on our table and watching the football, he also cooked our meal. I’ll be honest, given the experience to this point, I had some reservations about what the food would be like, but it was actually very good. We had chicken korma, and a spinach and chicken dish, along with garlic naans and rice, and it was all very tasty. So in conclusion, good food, but don’t eat there on a week day when it’s quiet, or when the...

We went there on a Friday night and the restaurant was empty. The owner/ chef came out, handed us the menu and left. When we were ready to order, we couldn’t find anyone so we waited. he came back after 20 mins, took our order and then snatched the menu out of my hand before letting me finish. He was so rude and said “that will be enough.” He started microwaving some food and arguing with someone at the back. The food was terrible it looked like it’s been cooked ages ago and heated up from the fridge. He gave us frozen ready to eat naan/ bread with the curry. Me as a Bengali, I was ashamed of this service and quality of the food. I’m not a chef but I can definitely cook better than this. I’ll never forget this experience. That place is not even close to authentic Bangladeshi food, and that man is an insult to our culture and...

For the Bangladeshis, this is one of the most authentic cooking I have ever tasted in Australia.

For the non Bangladeshi people, Bangladeshi food isn’t for the faint hearted 🤪. We go all in when it comes to food. If you don’t like oily, spicy food with strong taste and flavour, maybe not all Bangladeshi food is for you.

I loved the goat biryani. Reminded me of the authentic chef (বাবুর্চি) cooked biryanis we used to have in parties. Also the barramundi curry was fantastic. Mrs and kids also praised the other dishes they had. Keep it up Bengal...