Omnivore - Offal eating at Bei Jing Kabobs
Sampling pig ears, lamb balls, and ox penis on Buford Highway
- James Camp
- FOOD PORN: Bei Jing’s spicy sliced pig ears and ox penis kabobs
Dear Stephen,
You’re young and adventurous. You have a master’s degree in anthropology. You’re not Asian but you lived a while in Beijing. And you recently recommended I eat at Bei Jing Kabobs.
Why did you do that? You’ve ruined my rep and humiliated me. You made me eat something I never in a million years would have thought to eat. Let me start at the beginning.
Every Friday for two years, I’ve taken five friends to restaurants with the hope of broadening their tastes beyond LongHorn and Moe’s. Some of these are new, mainstream restaurants and some are ethnic. As I’ve explained before, no matter the type of Asian food, they tend to pore through the menu looking for fried rice and egg rolls.
When you suggested Bei Jing - formerly called Te Wei - it sounded safe. I even researched online commentary and found it mostly positive. Our group had been to Chef Liu’s and my friends loved the dumplings. And who could dislike grilled kabobs? So, off we went to the blindingly bright little restaurant in a shopping center that looks like every new shopping center on Buford Highway.
Read the full story by Cliff Bostock here.