A favorite Bloomington restaurant that closed its North College Avenue location in May 2023 has reopened at 405 E. Fourth St. Blooming Thai now is open daily, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.-2 a.m.
Many of the dishes foodies have been missing are on the menu: from pad Thai to pho beef soup to yellow curry with special chicken. Crepe cake — which is a cream puff similar to Italian cannoli — are new and can be ordered with fillings of Thai tea, Thai coffee, custard or taro. Other suggested desserts including mango sticky rice and burnt cheese cake.
The "must try" list suggests trying the pad Thai with crispy chicken, pho noodle soup, drunken fried rice, crying tiger (a spicy appetizer with grilled marinated beef), pumpkin curry and papaya salad. While some people think all Thai food is spicy, Blooming Thai offers heat levels from mild to Thai hot.
Appetizers include crispy spring rolls, crab rangoon, pot stickers, fried calamari, Isan sausage and steamed Thai dumplings. Drinks include bubble tea, Italian soda, smoothies, coffee, tea and strawberry milk.
The new place seats around 20 people inside and has a few more tables outdoors on the front patio.
After the downtown restaurant closed in May 2023, the Little Bowl Thai food truck began serving customers in August 2023, keeping some of the favorite dishes available. Even with the opening of the new restaurant, the food truck will continue operating at Bloomington Food Truck Friday and elsewhere.
Snack Shack in Ellettsville announces upcoming events
Pinoy Garden Cafe will host two special events at the Ellettsville Snack Shack , 120 W. Temperance St. in Ellettsville, this month. Desserts and drinks from Ube Love will be part of the meals.
The first will be a Filipino Kamayan or Boodle fight experience from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 15. The special meal is served on banana leaves and harkens back to the Filipino army eating together after a long day of marching. The meal reminds people of camaraderie and brotherhood. Reservations are required; call 812-679-7332.
The second will be a Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 25. It will feature silog meals — tapsilog, longsilog, tocilog and porksilog — along with fresh lumpia, veggie lumpia, chicken lumpia, pork barbecue skewers and drinks, including ube coolers.
Hawaiian Hoosier will begin serving Hawaiian cuisine on Aug. 22. Hours on Thursdays and Fridays in August will be 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturdays, Aug. 24 and 31. Then on Sept. 2, Hawaiian Hoosier will begin its regular hours of 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Sundays will be closed for special events.
Hawaiian Hoosier will offer breakfast and lunch dishes, snacks, drinks and more. The latest menu and events can be found at The Hawaiian Hoosier Facebook page.
Contact Carol Kugler at ckugler@heraldt.com
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: A Bloomington favorite, Blooming Thai, opens in a new location; Snack Shack events planned
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