Food Truck Friday: Get Shaved

I’m a few days late with last week’s report for Food Truck Friday.  It was a busy week!  The upside:  you might get two outta me this week.  Sweet!

This report is sweet, indeed, with a look at Get Shaved, self-proclaimed to be “Southern California’s Finest Shaved Ice”.

Website: http://www.getshavedice.com/Home.html

Twitter: @getshaved

The Truck:

The Food:

The Get Shaved truck is one that I’ve been tracking for a while.  For me its been elusive, though, so it was a tremendous treat to find out they were dishing up the dessert at a recent company picnic I attended.  Ice cream and brownies are the typical dessert fare for most catered picnics I attend so I have to give big kudos to the organizers that put Get Shanved on the menu.  Thank you!

If you’re not familiar with Hawaiian shaved ice — or “shave ice” if you want to get really real — just know that its the best snow cone you never had.  Its made of finely shaved ice that is almost fluffy and really snow like, not icy like a typical snow cone.  Optionally, the ice is placed on top of a scoop of frozen sweet cream.  The treat is completed by topping it with one or more sweetened and flavored syrups.  The result: A perfectly cool treat!

Hungry employees line up to Get Shaved.

Everyone else also realized the benefit of having an authentic Hawaiian-style shaved ice truck available.  The line was long but worth the wait.  I timed my approach just right to minimize queue time.  While I waited I checked out the short menu (not the full menu they might have for regular sales) and wondered what I would get.  Everyone was going bananas over the Monkey Brains so I decided to be different and got “Let Them Eat Cake”.

The short menu for this picnic had four choices.

I wasn’t disappointed by taking the road less traveled by the rest of the folks enjoying their cool treats.  Let Them Eat Cake lived up to its name with the vanilla, coconut, and pineapple flavors blending together with the sweet cream to bring to mind a pineapple upside down cake served with vanilla ice cream.  Sweet, cool, and very refreshing.

If you’re looking to get shaved some time soon, you can find the Get Shaved truck in Gardena this Friday, July 2 at K1 Speed.  Enjoy!

Get Shaved

Friday, July 2nd, 12:30PM-4PM and 5:30PM-9PM

In the Lot near K1 Speed
19038 S. Vermont Ave
Gardena, CA 90248