All the food I miss is made in Hawaii. I live in Berkeley, California now.

Yes, restaurants in California also sell garlic shrimp, but their taste is completely different from that sold by Giovanni. Garlic is sweet, and some are crisp. Shrimp meat is super tender and juicy. Serve with two white rice balls and a lemon wedge.

garlic shrimp in Giovanni's shrimp truck

Guava bread can be bought in many local supermarkets in Hawaii. It tastes sweeter than white bread and a little guava. It is ventilated and melts at the entrance.

pink guava.

The potato roll from Kamehameha bakery

The purple color may seem strange at first, but once bitten, it is like a free ticket to ride the flying monty carpet. The texture is unique and pleasant-solid and airy.

in the middle of this roll is haupia, a sweet vanilla cream with coconut flavor. It's something that makes you feel like poking your finger in the middle so you can lick your finger.

Taro paste is the raw material of taro, which is steamed, mashed and then fermented. It has almost become a probiotic.

Poi is rich in vitamins, minerals and enzymes. People who are allergic to many foods, especially gluten, will use poi to treat gastrointestinal diseases.

when I was a child, my mother gave me pears mixed with milk to prevent tooth decay. Is it working? That's true for me.

I don't like potato pudding-it's too sour, but I like potato cakes very much.

come to think of it, it's best if Berkeley doesn't have these foods!

but can you imagine how relaxed it is to sit outside and eat these delicious foods?

so much fun!

when the sun goes down, I feel super romantic!

when the sun goes down, I feel super romantic!

it makes me want to say, "I love food!" " Oh! I mean, I love everyone! "

Look at the sky! This is endless. It's like an opportunity.

I like high-quality linseed oil. I can buy it in Europe, too, but things in America don't taste very good. I also like raw herring pickled with oil and salt. I can buy it in America, but only in some unusual places, such as a Russian import store, which is more than an hour away from where I live.

where I live now, there are some herbs that I can't easily buy, for example, fresh galangal and rau ram (a Vietnamese herb). I used to buy these when I lived near the Vietnam market.

I also like Doenjang Jjigae, a Korean tofu soup. I like the version made of shellfish. A restaurant nearby has it, but it only comes with meat. There is also a Korean soup, Kal Gook Soo, which is not sold in Korean restaurants near me. I like the kind made of shellfish and curly leaves of aster/garland. There is also a kind of stewed mutton that I like, but I can't find it in any restaurant nearby, and there is also a kind of stewed pig neck bone; Both stews have perilla/perilla seeds, and the pig neck bone stew also has leaves. I like this combination of flavors.

There are Vietnamese restaurants nearby, but some types of traditional soups are not sold in restaurants here, such as dried bamboo shoots, or soup with crabs and tomatoes, and soup with crabs and thick soup, which is a strange taste. Most restaurants here only have Vietnamese rice noodles and other dishes. I like them very much, but I miss some more traditional soups.