plural scampi
: a usually large shrimp
also
: large shrimp prepared with a garlic-flavored sauce
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The menu changes weekly and includes dishes like shrimp scampi, stuffed pork chops, Korean Bulgogi beef and honey garlic chicken.
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Shannon Greene, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2024
Haleiwa boasts a wonderful array of food trucks, with plates of garlicky shrimp scampi from Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck competing for tastebuds with helpings of mango sticky rice and panang curry from Khan & Phim Thai.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Christmas lights up the streets of Catania Salvo Olimpo/Getty
Cous alla Trapanese with scampi and house broth made with rock fish at Nunziatina
Nunziatina Ristorante
Who do the locals share the streets with at this time?
—Sara Magro, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2024
Marylanders craving Cheddar Bay biscuits and shrimp scampi can still find Red Lobster in 10 other locations throughout the state, including Owings Mills, Nottingham, Hanover and Annapolis.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
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Shannon Greene, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2024
Haleiwa boasts a wonderful array of food trucks, with plates of garlicky shrimp scampi from Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck competing for tastebuds with helpings of mango sticky rice and panang curry from Khan & Phim Thai.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Christmas lights up the streets of Catania Salvo Olimpo/Getty
Cous alla Trapanese with scampi and house broth made with rock fish at Nunziatina
Nunziatina Ristorante
Who do the locals share the streets with at this time?
—Sara Magro, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2024
Marylanders craving Cheddar Bay biscuits and shrimp scampi can still find Red Lobster in 10 other locations throughout the state, including Owings Mills, Nottingham, Hanover and Annapolis.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
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“Scampi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scampi. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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