itaewon mosque

The majestic mosque in Itaewon.

Before this I only know Itaewon from The Case of Itaewon Homicide, a 2009 Korean movie starring Jang Geun-Suk.

Heheh.

Itaewon is pretty cool, because the minute you step out of the subway you can already feel the international atmosphere, thanks to its US military base here. The uphill road heading towards the mosque are Halal restaurants from neighboring countries including India, Pakistan, Malaysia etc. We ate a place called Muree Muslim Food Restaurant, where I ordered a big portion of chicken briyani. It was so-so lah, but I was more than happy to stuff myself with rice!

Also saw a couple of tattoo parlors hedged in between those halal restaurants. Talk about co-existing in diversity!