Not in South Korea!

My friend and I were on a trip in Seoul South Korea and my friend made the mistake of keeping a tatoo exposed. In South Korea it is not frowned upon to have a tatoo only if you show it is found strange within the locals. We were walking the park surrounding the N Seoul Tower and my friend was wearing a short sleeve T-shirt. We were on our way back to our home and wanted to get something to eat at a Korean BBQ restaraunt. As we entered the sweet and spicy aromas quickly crawled into our nostrils, the wrinkled server quickly came to ask what it was we wanted to eat. I made an attempt to order but as soon as the server looked at my friend's tattoo we were quickly asked to leave.