Juewei Food – A Quick Look

During our last visit to Yomie's I noticed that Juewei had opened. 

So, with Matcha Red Bean Yogurt in hand, we decided to see what was up. Having been to Jue Wei Kitchen in San Gabriel we kinda knew what to expect. And yes, there were all the duck and pig parts in trays in the counter.

Suddenly the prospect of some duck tongue or intestine sounded like a good addition for dinner. I'm not the biggest fan of duck neck, so we'd be passing on that for now. The menu also includes various fried items and like Zhengxin Chicken Steak down the street there were a number of skewered items for sale as well. Though, based on our previous experience with Jue Wei, it was all about the duck and piggy parts. Our idea of getting both duck tongue and intestine was derailed when we saw the prices; each was priced at $79.99 a pound! Yikes!

So, we decided on a small portion of duck intestine, and small orders of pig ear, pig head, and yuba bean curd. The young lady working was really nice; she told the Missus "it is good to try and have a taste since we have only been open for a few days"!

As I thought, we really enjoyed the duck intestine.

It was cartilaginously crunchy; almost hard. Think of super crunchy nankotsu "noodles". It was sneakily numbing-spicy and soon I was actually sweating! We really enjoyed this.

The Pig Ears ($11.99/lb) were cuts a bit thicker than we're used to. You can purchase whole pig ears and chop them yourself if you're up to the task.

Quite crunchy with a good "ma-la" (numbing hot) – sesame oil flavor as well.

The Pig Head ($11.99/lb) was milder in flavor, fairly meaty with crunchy bits.

I do enjoy Yuba Bean Curd Skin ($11.99/lb) and this was decent, crunchy and refreshing.

Mild spice, the sesame oil flavor seemed more upfront, light sweetness, though perhaps a bit on the salty end of the scale.

We had our cold dishes with Pidan (Century Egg) and cold tofu for a nice, light dinner.

We enjoyed checking our Juewei and thought the duck intestines were good…..though was it $79.99 a pound good? Not so sure about that!

Juewei Food
4690 Convoy St. #103
San Diego, CA 92111
Current Hours:
Sun – Thurs 11am – 11pm
Fri – Sat        11am – Midnight