On the Menu: 2 new Thai food trucks; Piccoli Dolci opens market, cafe
Customers of BloomingThai will be happy to hear that Little Bowl Thai food truck is now cooking up some of the dishes from BloomingThai. Owner Joy Cruz said the food truck will serve around six authentic Thai street food dishes at Food Truck Fridays in Switchyard Park beginning this week. The truck also plans to join Ellettsville Food Truck Wednesdays, which has moved to a new location. (More on that in a second.)
The food truck also will be open on other days at the corner of Fourth and Dunn streets. This past Sunday the food truck was open from 12:30 to 9 p.m. Little Bowl will be serving Thai chicken and rice, chicken poached with garlic ginger rice, fried chicken with garlic ginger rice and red curry. For online orders, go to bloomingtonthaionwheels.com or call 812-391-7289.
Cruz said she still plans on opening a brick-and-mortar Thai restaurant at 405 E. Fourth St. but that will not happen for about three months. We'll provide updates as the opening gets closer.
Another Thai booth open at Food Truck Friday
JS Thai is also serving Thai food at Bloomington Food Truck Friday, 1601 S. Rogers St. JS Thai offers Thai fried rice with choice of chicken or tofu and Pad Thai, also with choice of chicken or tofu, each for $12.99. Red curry and Massaman curry are $13.99 each and can be served with either chicken or tofu. All the dishes can be mild or spicy, as requested.
Special drinks are Thai iced tea and Thai iced coffee for $4.50 each. For more, check them out on Instagram at JSThaifood. JS Thai will not be at Food Truck Friday this week, Aug. 11, because of a death in the family. The food truck will return next week.
Piccoli Dolci opens market and cafe Aug. 10
Piccoli Dolci is opening a market and café with breakfast, brunch and lunch options and a selection of Italian pastries, dessert and other Italian goods.
Owner Maria Carlassare said Piccoli Dolci Market and Café will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday through Sunday at 223 Pete Ellis Drive, Suite 27. Customers can purchase food to eat there or to go.
Cornettos (Italian croissants) — plain or with vanilla pastry cream, toasted almond or ham and cheese — will be available for breakfast along with rotolo (an egg soufflé roll with ricotta, roasted vegetables and marinara sauce) and choco-rico, a puff pastry wrapped around dark chocolate and sweet ricotta.
Lunch includes a variety of lasagna and gnocchi available in regular and small sizes. Salads will include caprese with cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, ciliegine mozzarella and vinaigrette; Caponata, which is a Sicilian eggplant salad with capers, tomatoes, onion and celery; and verde Toscana, with zucchini, toasted almonds, sweet pecorino, spring mix and a fresh lemon dressing. Savory pastries will be tarte Tatin (open-faced puff pastry with roasted vegetables and fresh herbs or roasted tomatoes and peppers or roasted squash and green onion); spinach puff pastries with brie and ricotta; and a tart with ricotta and Parmigiano Reggiano and eggs for the filling and either cherry tomatoes and green onion or asparagus and goat cheese for toppings.
Bread — ciabatta or scarpetta — will be sold by the slice. Three slices of scarpetta are served with three cups of dip. Available dips are pinzimonio (olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper), cannellini bean and rosemary or cheesy options of fresh stracciatella, ricotta, crescenza or chive. Desserts include Italian shortbread with fruit preserve, lemon tart, almond cake with dark chocolate ganache, panna cotta and tiramisu.
Hopscotch coffee, both hot and iced, as well as hot and iced tea will be available. Italian soda with housemade syrups of lemon-ginger and raspberry hibiscus will be sold.
The market portion of the shop will have imported Italian goods including oils, vinegar and various types of honey as well as farro and Italian rice. For more, go to www.piccolidolci.net.
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Olive Leaf moves to a new location in Eastland Plaza
Olive Leaf and Bloomington Chocolate Company have moved to a new shop in Eastland Plaza, just down from the former location. Now located between Petco and the new Rally House, the shop has more space. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
With a larger space, owner Linda Armes said a new production kitchen for creating the chocolates is being constructed in the back. She's also hopeful there will be more classes added to the schedule as they settle into the new shop, which is celebrating its new space with a sale on some items this week.
New location for Food Truck Wednesday in Ellettsville
Food Truck Wednesday is moving to Marci Jane Lewis Park, beginning Aug. 9. The location is a change from being along Sale Street in the downtown area. This week Food Truck Wednesday will be 4:30-8:30 p.m. at 328 S. Park St. Moon Buggy will perform 6:30-8:30 p.m.
In addition to Little Bowl Thai, other food trucks participating will be Wever's BBQ, Doner Kebab, Bloom Burger, Arepa Burger, Pappy Shack, La Poblana, Jay's Kitchen and Chocolate Moose.
There's room to grow at the park and it's already set up to host an event like Food Truck Wednesday, according to organizer Jordan Davis. With tables and restrooms and a stage, the new location is a good fit, Davis said.
Contact Carol Kugler at ckugler@heraldt.com or 812-331-4359.
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: 2 Thai food trucks, Italian cafe and market open in Bloomington
