Kashmir Restaurant

Lore & Background

Rapture was built as a utopia for creative individuals to flourish, but became a dystopia after the discovery of ADAM, stem cells harvested from a previously unknown species of sea slug. Scientists found ADAM could overwrite the human genome, allowing users to splice super powers into their DNA. Lead scientist Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum discovered ADAM could be mass-produced by implanting the sea slug in the stomachs of young orphaned girls, who became known as Little Sisters. The implantation process only worked on female children for an unknown reason. As Rapture fell into social chaos, Little Sisters were mentally reconditioned to extract ADAM from the dead and recycle it. Dr. Yi Suchong generated genetically modified humans in armored diving suits to protect the girls, creating Big Daddies. The city's Art Deco architecture was heavily inspired by New York City's Rockefeller Center and Gotham City from the Batman universe.

In Their Own Story

The player first experiences Rapture in BioShock, set in 1960, a year after the fateful riots. The protagonist Jack arrives after a plane accident over the mid-Atlantic Ocean where the city was located between Greenland and Iceland. In BioShock 2, the player takes the role of a Big Daddy, a heavily modified humanoid in an armored diving suit designed to maintain the city and protect Little Sisters as they collect ADAM from 'Angels' (dead bodies that harbor significant amounts of ADAM). This takes place eight years after the first game. Rapture makes a brief appearance near the climax of BioShock Infinite, and downloadable content Burial at Sea is set in Rapture on New Year's Eve 1959, the day the civil war broke out. No specific restaurant called Kashmir Restaurant appears in any of these narratives.

Reader's Guide

The source provides detailed information about Big Daddy models: the 'Rosie' equipped with a rivet gun and heavy oxygen tanks, the 'Bouncer' with a heavy drill and engine, and the 'Rumbler' introduced in BioShock 2 with a rocket launcher and ability to deploy mini-turrets. Little Sisters extract ADAM from dead bodies called 'Angels.' The city is only accessible by a system of bathyspheres and relies on geothermal power from submarine volcanoes. No guide information exists for a Kashmir Restaurant as it is not mentioned in the source.

Did You Know?

• The source does not mention any restaurant called Kashmir Restaurant in Rapture.
• Rapture's Art Deco architecture was heavily inspired by New York City's Rockefeller Center and Gotham City from the Batman universe.
• The city is located in the north Atlantic Ocean somewhere between Greenland and Iceland.
• ADAM was harvested from a previously unknown species of sea slug and could overwrite the human genome.
• Little Sisters were young orphaned girls who had sea slugs implanted in their stomachs to mass-produce ADAM.