Tokyo’s Muslim

My trip to Seoul was quite successful. I ate some great food and had a chance to visit a few sites before coming back to Japan. Would I go again? Probably yes.

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- Woke up at 12:30 PM

- Took the Subway to that Arab food place. Food was awesome. Proprietor was a Muslim Palestinian chap with some interesting things to say about the local muslims. Got some free kawaa from him too.
- Took the subway to a market. A half naked Korean man ran onboard screaming “Nanbu da!” or something. It was rather shocking. He had some kind of panda hat on his head.
- Had a blast at the markets of Dongdaemon. I bought a gift for Stam dunk (the ultimate dunk artist) and a few things here or there. They weren’t insanely cheap, but I managed to get a nice leather shoulderbag for myself for about 20$.

- Went back to Itaekwon to visit the mosque. I got some pictures of the inside.

- Had a meal at a fine Indian (Halal) restaurant. The owner gave me back 1000 won – sorta a “welcome to Korea” gift. Bought some stuff from the Muslim stores in the area.

In short:

People were a lot more talkative than I expected (after my sojourn in Tokyo anyway). People were genuinely curious where I came from and tended to wish me well, or give me stuff (like the old man at the korean kebab place who gave me a free pepsi when he heard I was in town for the first time). I couldn’t get the Korean national dress like i wanted to – a good one was about $400, which was more than I was willing to pay.

I will have pictures up tomorrow.

I found a fantastic resource on the best hamburgers in Korea.

Spare me your predictable platitudes about sampling the local food. I have no appetite for Octopus, Dog or any of the other local delicacies that I have missed out on. I have no shame about not liking sea food. Tomorrow I dine on Korean halal burgers.

Incidentally, I miss that Lebanese place in Montreal where I always ordered the chicken.