DJ Koo: Co-owner of Shim Yang Shim Yang in Apgujeong Lamb Skewers I love lamb. I think it is an excellent animal with the right amount of texture, flavor, and the flesh sears perfectly over coals. I think I was a Greek in a past life because the thought of lamb makes my mouth water and my stomach empty. Young lamb is always best, but mutton in a heavy curry isn't bad either. One of my new favorite restaurants in Apgujeong is Shim Yang because they do lamb skewers. Here cubes of young lamb (1 year or younger) are put on metal skewers and seasoned with a mix of fine chili powder, sesame seeds, and anise. The dipping powder is a mix of exotic, spicy, and savory and accents the clean, non-gamey taste of the lamb. They will even give you a whole head of garlic so you can skewer it and grill it up as well. The place has a Chinese flair to it and you can get Chinese beers like Tsingtao or liquors. The food at Shim Yang focuses on lamb. You can get lamb galbi if you are ...

 It was a blast meeting Jamie Frater of Listverse.com  while he was in Seoul. One of the places that we got to go together was Shim Yang, a popular lamb skewer restaurant in Apgujeong. This is another great video produced and filmed by the crew over at PSeight. Daniel along with his special guest, Jamie Frater, of listverse.com shows us DJ Koo's newest venture, "Shim Yang". Watch as Daniel and Jamie enjoy some good food and some good conversation about Korean food. Come take a cooking class or take a Culinary Tour in Seoul! http://www.ongofood.com Pictures are taken either with my Panasonic DMC-G2 Camera with 20mm Lens or with my iPhone 4G Join the Seoul Eats Facebook Group Page to keep to date with the latest events.

I love getting questions, so be sure to send them I'll answer them as soon as I can. Here is a recent question that was e-mailed to my seouleats@gmail.com address Hi - I was searching and came upon your web page. I'm wondering if you can tell me where in Seoul we can purchase a WHOLE lamb or young goat. We're trying to do a barbecue, but having a hard time finding where to go. We're new to Korea. Thanks - Colleen B. Well Colleen, the best place to get lamb is up by the mosque in Itaewon. Go out exit 4 of Itaewon Subway Station. Walk until you see a Dunkin Donuts. At that corner make a right and go to the top of the hill. You'll pass a bookstore called "What The Book." Make a left and keep walking for about 400 meters. You'll see a Halal butcher and here you can get a whole lamb. I hope that helps. Dan

I'm going to take a stab at cooking Russian Food today. Yesterday I was out with Sara and Jennifer Flinn aka Fatmanseoul and we went to an awesome Uzbekistan Restaurant over by Dongdaemun. It was awesome and I was so inspired that I decided to buy a whole bunch of ingredients and try to replicate some of what I ate yesterday. I got a shoulder of mutton and some brown bread and today I'm going to make a lamb roast. I figure, I'll start it early and then do some work and it'll be finished and read to eat by tonight. Right now, I'm trying to figure out how I should flavor the meat. Here's some tips that I found from Katarzyna and Mark's Russian and Polish Food Blog Take a shoulder of mutton–must be young and tender–wash the meat well and dry with a clean towel. rub well with salt, ginger and a speck of pepper, and dredge well with flour. lay it in a covered roasting-pan. put a few pieces of whole mace and a few slices of onion on top; pour a cup of water into ...