Recently on social media, Hawaiian-style shrimp scampi or garlic and butter shrimp photos keep popping up on my feeds. Some photos are my friend’s vacation photos as they chowed down on the world’s famous Giovanni’s shrimp scampi, while others are recipes and videos of copycat recipes of this delicacy. The more I look at the photos and recipes, the more I am craving for the luscious, buttery, and lip-smacking Giovanni’s shrimp scampi that I had 4 years ago while we vacationed in Oahu. I had to fix it. As I couldn’t just pack up my luggage and hop on the plane to paradise island, I had to do something about my hunger and intense craving. So, I gathered all the ingredients—a short list of essentials that most people have at home—and cooked up a storm yesterday. The end result: one pound of buttery, garlicky, yummy shrimp goodness laid out on a piece of...
