Comments on: Giovanni’s Original White Shrimp, O’ahu

By: petite nyonya

petite nyonya — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:02:13 +0000

Wow, those shrimps look really good! Just too bad Hawaii is a world away from where I am now :(

By: Rasa Malaysia

Rasa Malaysia — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:33:28 +0000

Ooooh, I will have to try Romy’s the next time. I must go back again soon!!

By: Rasa Malaysia

Rasa Malaysia — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:33:08 +0000

I did eat very well. Yeah, it’s really not that hard to make the shrimp scampi, but there is no shrimp truck like that elsewhere and that’s what makes it so special and delicious!

By: Rasa Malaysia

Rasa Malaysia — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:32:29 +0000

Jen – you are too funny!

By: Rasa Malaysia

Rasa Malaysia — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:31:59 +0000

Yes, I filled up my opu very much!!! :P

By: patti

patti — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:40:28 +0000

Love it that you’re covering my neck of the woods. Giovanni’s is a must when circling Oahu. Glad you think it’s a charm, too.! Hope you filled you opu (stomach) on your visit here.

By: jen

jen — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:09:10 +0000

I love Giovanni’s. In an effort to play the pity card, I sent photos of the truck & my food back to my office during a site visit a couple of years ago and told them that in the interest of trying to save the company money, i was eating out of a truck.

By: Masa

Masa — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:32:12 +0000

I tried these famous shrimps. I HAD to try them when i read about them on a local hawaii food blog…. [http://tastyisland.wordpress.com] and, i’m not sure if i liked them, but i’m glad i tried them. the shrimps were cooked rather tough in texture, tho spicy and flavored enough. I can’t say the the other “trucks” were better. it was rather simple to replicate tho. butter, salt, tobasco, pepper and lots of garlic, omit the tobasco and pepper for your basic shrimp scampi. you can kick it up by adding some thai chilies, and of course lemon….. make the sauce first by slowly blanching garlic in butter then adust the heat by adding tobasco, pepper and/or crushed chili. merry the flavors. then add shrimp and quickly cook. i definitely think the shrimp scampi is better had elsewhere. and i didn’t think local farmed raised shrimps that were used were better than others you can find at any local market, it didn’t seem so for me.

hope you ate well….. i know i did when i was there….

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:27:26 +0000

Eh, you stay Hawaii!

Shrimp at another truck (Romy’s) is better.

Be sure to visit our Chinatown. Eat the Chinese Beef Stew made with beef tendon at Eastern Chinese Food Center on Hotel St.

By: Rasa Malaysia

Rasa Malaysia — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:15:02 +0000

Castagna – I am happy that my post reminded you of the times you had in Hawaii. I am already back. So sad, was there for 8 days.