GBJB’s Shaved Ice

After tasting Shave Ice in Hawaii the search has been on for the perfect shave ice at home. GBJBs came close.
Pros
Good flavors
Ice shaved fine
Easy to park in lot
Cons
Right next to the freeway — not a pleasant location to sit and eat a shave ice.

Jackie-​O: How can we be out of ice?
Marty: Mama forgot to fill the ice trays. I gave you the last cube.
Jackie-​O: I thought this was the modern world. I thought that in the modern world, a person could get whatever they wanted.
Anthony: Um, the Pepsi’s cold?
Jackie-​O: It’s not the same. I’m not talking about ice, I’m talking about texture!
Ah, The House of Yes describes the folly that is shaved ice. Or ice that has somehow been shaved, by some machine or some body or some creature hiding, tortured, behind the supposed precision mechanical shaved-​ice gear in said shaved-​ice trailer, genetically groomed and born for the specific purpose of ice-​shaving, poorly.
Yea, and truly, all shaved ice is not created equal, even by the Shaved Ice Gnomes of Jotunheim. Regardless of cup size, the fact that GBJB’s offers a kids’ all-​the-​way-​up-​to-​a-​32? 64? oz monster of frozen water and many many insulin résistance-​contributing flavors (‘really, avoid the dill pickle flavor’, said Claire, employee, who was very nice. We tried it anyway. Ick. ‘But little kids love it.’) —
it’s just ok.
p. s. If you want the best icy concoction that is not a Slurpee, a frozen marg/​capirihina/​ita, or shaved ice stand/​snocone thing — go find a true, working granita machine somewhere on the planet, and have one of those tasty beverages. They are pretty prevalent in Italy, but because the machines break so easily, there is no longer anyplace in Austin today that has them. Fie.
Jackie-​O: And if a certain person can’t get the thing their heart is set on, a certain person goes insane. I suppose you think I’m going insane just to be fashionable.
Lesly: I don’t think you’re insane.
Jackie-​O: You don’t think I’m insane?
Lesly: No.
Jackie-​O: You don’t think I’m just an eensy-​weensie bit insane?
Lesly: I don’t think you’re insane. I think you’re spoiled.
Jackie-​O: Oh please. If people are gonna start telling the truth, I’m going to bed.

The Mango Supreme was good but it tasted like pineapple and was supposed to have real fruit pulp. I did not find any pulp. Lookin’ for the pulp, people. Donde esta el pulp-​o?
Hubby and I shared one 12 oz. because we had just stuffed ourselves at Taqueria Arandas. The shaved ice was soft and delicate like snow. We opted for a scoop of vanilla ice cream in the bottom which was a tasty touch when we dug down into the cup.
The not very personable gal waiting on us was not much help. I don’t know about you, but I like a little encouragement when I get shaved ice. Can’t you recommend something? You have over 30 freakin’ flavors! And her braids fell close to the top of the cup as she bent over to scoop ice cream into it. Ugh.

Very soft snow and extra awesome flavor selection. And I have never seen a trailer that looked so nice! Very nice girls that work there too.