Lunch

　　Now, lunch time! Our driver took us to his recommended street stall, Giovanni, in Haleiwa, but it was heavily crowded. We headed for another stall with the same owner in Kahuku. Hearing the word "Kahuku", I remembered the starting day of the Great East Asian War. All the Japanese fighters, bombers, and torpedo bombers took off from their carriers and got together once off the coast of Kahuku Cape, then headed for Pearl Harbor. Looking up at the sky, I was seized by mixed feelings.
　　Anyway, the lunch was great! I ate the famous local food of "garlic shrimp". I assumed that the waters around the Hawaiian islands must have been a good ground for shrimps, but they were artificially grown and I saw a shrimp growing field on the way to Honolulu. The dish was nice, but my hands got greasy taking their shells off.
　　It seemed that Giovanni has something secret in its cooking method, but they didn't disclose that. A Korean running restaurant in the neighborhood, which was opened 6 months ago, was almost vacant. Giovanni's method would be hard to mimic.

さて、ランチである。ハレイワの町で食べるつもりが運転手おすすめの店(ジョバンニ)はかなり混んでいたためパス。ガーリックシュリンプが名物らしい。ハワイ近海でエビが捕れるのかと思ったら養殖業が盛んらしい。この店のすぐそばに養殖場があった。この店が流行る理由を詳しく聞いたが覚えていない。何か他の店では真似の出来ない技があって流行っている店で、同じ店がKahukuにあるのでここへ寄った。それでも１５分くらいは待った。美味しかったが、手が油まみれに、、、(^_^;)
　
カフクといえば、カフク岬の沖に真珠湾攻撃機が集合してここから真珠湾へ向かったのだった。この空を数百機の攻撃機が飛んだのだなと感慨深かった。
　
最後の２枚の写真は笑いのネタ。６ヶ月前にジョバンニの繁昌を見て開業したコリアンの店。ご覧の通り、客はコリアンだけで閑散としており、味を真似ることは難しいようだ。