The historic Haroon Mosque in Bangkok’s Bang Rak District will mark its 125th anniversary on December 16. The quasquicentennial jubilee promises not just a commemoration within the mosque’s historic walls where spirituality and history intertwine, but also a tasty culinary voyage through delectable Muslim cooking rooted in vibrant South Indian cuisine.
Haroon Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Bangkok. It was named after Haroon Bafadel, the son of Musa Bafadel, an Arab-Persian trader from Pontianak, Indonesia, who settled in Bangkok in the early 19th century. The mosque was initially constructed in wood on the bank of the Chao Phraya River in the 1850s and is said to have been beautifully designed in a hybrid Ayutthaya-Java style.
Around 1888, during the reign of King Rama V, the…
