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Volume 4 Issue: XI
Today’s News Headlines…
 State urged to boost rice sales
 More than 200,000 tons of rice sold in the
latest round of auction
 Rice exporters expect weaker sales to G2G
markets in 2015
 Using weedy rice traits to boost cultivated
rice yields
 Pier 1 Imports Now Covered by Johnson Rice
 Rice exports are expected to total more than
1.5 million tonnes this financial year, the
largest quantity since the 1960s
 Adani Wilmar forays into branded basmati
rice segment
 New Yield Data Available
 Little Rock Chef Proudly Supports U.S.-
Grown Rice
 CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
 Best Eats 2014: The 12 top Huntsville-area
dining reviews from this year
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News Detail….
State urged to boost rice
sales
Ministry determined to reduce stockpile
Published: 23 Dec 2014 at 06.30
Newspaper section: Business
Writer: Phusadee Arunmas
The government is
being urged to
improve selling
procedures next
year to ensure
faster sales in
order to keep pace
with market
requirements and
to classify grain quality more clearly.
Prospective bidders inspect the quality of rice
prior to the auction called by the Commerce
Ministry yesterday. The ministry put up almost
390,000 tonnes, mainly broken rice, white rice
and glutinous rice, drawing an active response
from potential buyers. KITJA
APICHONROJAREK
"Rotten rice stocks should be eradicated to let
the market know the exact amount of the
government's rice stocks. This will affect rice
prices and eventually lead the market to return to
normal," said Chookiat Ophaswongse, honorary
president of the Thai Rice Exporters
Association."Given the massive volume held by
the government, the chance for prices in the
market to increase by US$50-100 a tonne would
be difficult."He said the overall market was
expected to remain tight in 2015 due to
anticipated higher supplies by other rice-
producing nations such as Vietnam and India.
Mr Chookiat predicts Thailand will export 10
million tonnes next year.The Commerce
Ministry forecasts Thailand will ship 10.7
million tonnes this year, a surge of 60% over last
year, with value up by 29% to $5 billion.Of the
total, the government has shipped 1.06 million
tonnes including 230,000 tonnes sold to
China.The Commerce Ministry targets exports
of 10.5 million tonnes worth $5.2 billion in
2015. Next year's production is estimated at 35
million tonnes of paddy or 22 million tonnes of
milled rice, down from 37 million tonnes and 24
million tonnes this year, respectively.Prime
Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who chairs the
National Rice Policy Committee, last Friday said
the government had vowed to dispose of the 17
million tonnes left in its stockpile over the next
two or three years through domestic sales as
well as exports.
The government could sell the stocks on both a
whole-warehouse and a stack basis and plans to
beef up local sales.The committee also
acknowledged the recent audit of state rice
stocks, which counted 17.8 million tonnes,
although that included 400,000 tonnes already
sold and 390,000 tonnes missing.Of the 17
million tonnes still present, 2.35 million were
found to be of good quality, 14.4 million
substandard and 694,000 rotten.
Rice-subsidy schemes covering 15 harvests
since 2004 have resulted in losses of 680 billion
baht from total costs of 1.1 trillion used to buy
85 million tonnes of paddy. The subcommittee
inspecting the accounting of several
governments' rice-subsidy schemes earlier
revealed that of the 15 programmes, four were
rice-pledging schemes initiated by the Yingluck
Shinawatra government with total losses of 518
billion baht.The Commerce Ministry yesterday
put up almost 390,000 tonnes for the fourth
auction, mainly broken rice, white rice and
glutinous rice, drawing an active response from
potential buyers.

Duangporn Rodphaya, director-general of the
Foreign Trade Department, said the government
yesterday agreed to sell 247,000 tonnes from 52
state warehouses to 21 buyers.The ministry sold
a combined 348,836 tonnes in the first three
auctions, raising 3.6 billion baht.Ms Duangporn
said the Commerce Ministry was committed to
selling the state rice stocks on a continuous basis
until next March before new supply from the
second crop entered the market.
Tell
More than 200,000 tons of
rice sold in the latest round
of auction
Date : 23 ธันวาคม 2557
BANGKOK, 23 Dec 2014 (NNT) - A total of
246,000 tons out of the 400,000 tons of rice
were sold in the 4th round of auction this year
with 21 companies able to clinch the deal, out of
the 34 participants. The Department of Foreign
Trade would officially announce the auction
result at a later date after receiving the approval
from the National Rice Policy Committee which
is expected to meet after the New Year‟s
holiday. The Government would seek to strike a
deal with the private sector on the remaining
150,000 tons, whose prices in the last round of
auction were still lower than the minimum
prices.
Meanwhile, Director-General of the Department
of Foreign Trade Duangporn Rodphaya stated
that this year‟s rice exports should be as high as
10.7 million tons worth about 5 billion US
dollars. She predicted that next year‟s volume
would be slightly lower, but the value would
increase to 5.2 - 5.3 billion US dollars, due to
lower global output affected by natural disasters
and drought, contrary to the rising demand.
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/New
sDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNECO57122300100
04#sthash.ADZNVR1e.dpuf
Rice exporters expect
weaker sales to G2G
markets in 2015
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese rice
exporters say they are uncertain about
export volume to the concentrated market
(government-to-government, or G2G) in
2015 because of stiffer competition in the
market.
“We have sufficient information to predict
demand in the G2G market in 2015,” said
Huynh The Nang, general director of the
Southern Food Corporation (Vinafood 2),
one of the two most powerful rice
exporters.However, the market will be
fiercely competitive because of the presence
of strong rice exporters.Nang said the
Philippines, which has suffered from
typhoon Hagupit, now has the demand for
600,000 tons of rice.The country plans to
invite bids in January 2015, though NFA,
the country‟s national food agency, has
denied the possibility of importing more rice
than was initially planned, because of
Hagupit.
Some other markets including Malaysia and
Indonesia have also announced their
estimated demands.It is expected that the

demand from G2G markets, including the
Philippines, may reach 2.5 million tons in
2015 (common white 5 percent, 15 percent
and 25 percent broken rice).
Also, according to Nang, though
Vietnamese rice exporters have received
signs from importers about demands, they
still have not obtained any contracts with
considerable export volume for 2015.“The
demand is big. But whether we can sell rice
will still depend on the competition between
us and other exporters,” Nang commented.
Meanwhile, analysts warned that
Vietnamese exporters should be aware of
Thailand, a strong rival that now has a high
inventory index.An analyst said it is difficult
to predict how much rice Vietnam will
export in 2015 because of the instability of
the Chinese market.China is now Vietnam‟s
largest rice importer. However, according to
Nguyen Dinh Bich, a renowned rice expert,
China is also being eyed by Thailand and
India.“We have been relying on the Chinese
market, but the market‟s demand remains an
unknown,” he said, adding that Vietnam will
face big challenges in the short term and
medium term with other exporters,
especially in exporting common rice.
An official of the Vietnam Food Association
(VFA) noted that the existence of too many
rice varieties has reduced Vietnam‟s rice
competitiveness.“In the common white rice
market segment, for example, we offer at
least 10 rice varieties. Meanwhile, some
importers only accept rice with homogenous
quality and variety,” he said.The official
noted that Vietnam has not been able to
successfully exploit African markets which
import 14 million tons of common white
rice a year. It still cannot penetrate East
African markets, and has only exported
small volumes of rice to Ghana and Ivory
Coast in West Africa.
Thanh Lich
Tags: Rice exporters,rice exporting, rice
farmers,
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/11923
0/rice-exporters-expect-weaker-sales-to-g2g-
markets-in-2015.html
Using weedy rice traits to
boost cultivated rice yields
Weedy Rice
Genetic traits in the taller weedy red rice
scattered in this field may help new varieties
of cultivated rice adapt to climate change.
(Photo courtesy of ARS News Service.)
Posted: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 12:00
am
By Sharon Durham, ARS News Service
Genetic traits in weedy rice may someday be
used to develop sturdy, high-yield varieties
of cultivated rice that will flourish in the
face of climate change, thanks to findings by
scientists at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. This work, conducted by
Agricultural Research Service plant
physiologist Lewis Ziska and his
colleagues.Ziska, who is with ARS‟s Crop
Systems and Global Change Laboratory in
Beltsville, Maryland, studied several rice

cultivars to determine if changes in
temperature and CO2 levels affected seed
yields.
He also looked for visible traits that could
signal whether a plant cultivar has the
genetic potential for adapting successfully to
elevated CO2 levels.The investigation
included weedy red rice, which infests
cultivated rice cropland. Despite the plant‟s
downsides, previous assessments indicated
that weedy rice growing under elevated CO2
levels had higher seed yields than cultivated
rice growing under the same
conditions.Ziska monitored the different rice
cultivars at current and future projections of
atmospheric CO2 and a range of day/night
air temperatures. He observed on average,
all the rice cultivars put out more
aboveground biomass at elevated CO2
levels, although this response diminished as
air temperatures rose.For seed yield, only
weedy rice and the rice cultivar „Rondo‟
responded to elevated CO2 levels when
grown at optimal day/night air temperatures
of 84 degrees F and 70 degrees F.
In addition, only the weedy rice gained
significant increases of aboveground
biomass and seed yield under elevated CO2
levels at the higher temperatures expected
for rice-growing regions by 2050.Seed yield
is a trait linked to seed head and tiller
production. Tillers are stalks put out by a
growing rice plant. As the plant matures, the
seed heads-where rice grain is produced-
develop at the end of the tillers. This
suggests that crop breeders might someday
be able to use this weedy rice trait to
develop commercial rice cultivars that can
convert rising CO2 levels into higher seed
yields.These findings were published in
“Functional Plant Biology” in 2013. This
work supports the USDA priority of
responding to climate change. ARS is
USDA‟s chief intramural scientific research
agency.
http://www.hpj.com/crops/article_94f5a61d-
5fb8-5681-b9fb-765011b2f906.html
Pier 1 Imports Now
Covered by Johnson Rice
Posted by Stephan Byrd on Dec 23rd, 2014
Equities researchers at Johnson Rice
initiated coverage on shares of Pier 1
Imports (NYSE:PIR) in a research report
issued on Monday. The firm set an
“overweight” rating on the stock.Pier 1
Imports (NYSE:PIR) opened at 15.23 on
Monday. Pier 1 Imports has a 52-week low
of $11.42 and a 52-week high of $23.60.
The stock has a 50-day moving average of
$13.6 and a 200-day moving average of
$14.39. The company has a market cap of
$1.394 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio
of 16.05.Pier 1 Imports (NYSE:PIR) last
issued its quarterly earnings data on
Thursday, December 18th.
The company reported $0.20 earnings per
share for the quarter, meeting the analysts‟
consensus estimate of $0.20. The company
had revenue of $484.50 million for the
quarter. During the same quarter last year,
the company posted $0.26 earnings per
share. On average, analysts predict that Pier
1 Imports will post $0.99 earnings per share
for the current fiscal year.The company also

recently declared a quarterly dividend,
which is scheduled for Wednesday,
February 4th. Investors of record on
Wednesday, January 21st will be given a
dividend of $0.06 per share. This represents
a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and
a yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date of
this dividend is Friday, January 16th.PIR has
been the subject of a number of other recent
research reports. Analysts at Credit Suisse
reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Pier 1
Imports in a research note on Friday.
They now have a $15.00 price target on the
stock, up previously from $13.00.
Separately, analysts at Deutsche Bank raised
their price target on shares of Pier 1 Imports
from $15.00 to $17.00 in a research note on
Friday. They now have a “hold” rating on
the stock. Finally, analysts at Nomura set a
$19.00 price target on shares of Pier 1
Imports in a research note on Friday. They
now have a “buy” rating on the stock. One
research analyst has rated the stock with a
sell rating, fifteen have assigned a hold
rating, two have assigned a buy rating and
one has issued a strong buy rating to the
stock.
The stock currently has a consensus rating
of “Hold” and a consensus price target of
$16.35.In other Pier 1 Imports news, EVP
Gregory Humenesky sold 15,000 shares of
the company‟s stock on the open market in a
transaction that occurred on Friday,
December 19th. The stock was sold at an
average price of $15.00, for a total value of
$225,000.00. The sale was disclosed in a
legal filing with the Securities & Exchange
Commission, which can be accessed
through this link.Pier 1 Imports, Inc
(NYSE:PIR) is a global importer of
imported decorative home furnishings and
gifts.Receive News & Ratings for Pier 1
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http://tickerreport.com/banking-
finance/374179/pier-1-imports-now-covered-by-
johnson-rice/
Rice exports are expected to
total more than 1.5 million
tonnes this financial year,
the largest quantity since
the 1960s

The rise comes despite the rice trade being
slowed by an import clampdown from China,
Myanmar‟s biggest rice export market.About
900,000 tonnes have been exported so far in
2014-15, according to Myanmar Rice Federation
joint secretary U Lu Maw Myint Maung. The
Myanmar financial year begins April 1.“At
present, things are going well,” he said. “Over
the next three months, we hope to export much
more to China, Europe and Africa.”U Lu Maw
Myint Maung, who is also one of the country‟s
largest rice exporters, said he anticipates exports
totalling over 1.5 million tonnes this year.
The export industry had been hard-hit by
China‟s decision in September to crack down on
rice shipments from Myanmar. While rice
exports to China are legal from Myanmar‟s point
of view, China officially outlawsrice imports
from Myanmar, though had been generally
turning a blind eye. While Chinese officials have
not publically explained the crackdown, traders
say it has been loosening since mid-November,
and most rice shipments through the Muse-Ruili
border crossing are now making it through.“Rice
exports to China have now almost returned to a
normal situation, though the price is a bit lower
than what was offered two months ago,” said U
Lu Maw Myint Maung.He added Myanmar has
also been exporting small quantities of high
quality rice to Europe and larger volumes to
Africa. It has also been adding new buyers, most
recently Sri Lanka.African countries together
have traditionally been the largest importers of
Myanmar rice until the last two years, when
Chinese demand grew.
The country is also set to top its 2013-14 exports
of about 1.2 million tonnes, despite the border
shutdown.Officials and businesspeople from
both China and Myanmar have held negotiations
to ensure similar problems don‟t happen in the
future. Myanmar has put together a 36-member
team to negotiate the issue, including
representatives from the Myanmar Rice
Federation, traders, millers and commodity
market officials.Much of the talks have been
aimed at finding a way to comply with the health
standards China demands for its rice imports.
There are signs of a breakthrough, and Myanmar
Rice Federation secretary U Ye Min Aung has
said the first-ever official exports to the country
would start with 200,000 tonnes this month.
Half of this quantity is to follow the usual route
by land across the Muse-Ruili border crossing,
though the other half is to be transported by
ocean vessel to China‟s eastern seaboard for the
first time.
The quantity of rice Myanmar is able to export
to China each year is still under discussion, with
the Myanmar side requesting to be excused
paying tariffs for a specific quantity each year.
China for its part has offered to lower the tax
rate it has been levying at the border.“After
finishing the process of making the market legal,
the current methods of rice trading will not be
favourable, and doing things legally will be
better for both sides,” said U Ye Min Aung.
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/b
usiness/12602-rice-exports-to-top-1-5-
million-tonnes.html
Adani Wilmar forays into
branded basmati rice
segment
Company says many families are actually
switching over to branded basmati rice
over loose ones
BS Reporter | Ahmedabad

December 22, 2014 Last Updated at 20:57 IST
One of India's leading cooking oil
brand Adani Wilmar is foraying into
the basmati rice market this
season.Traditionally, in Gujarat households
stock up rice and other grocery essentials
during this season, and Adani Wilmar's
release claimed that many families are
actually switching over to branded basmati
rice over loose ones.Atul Chaturvedi, chief
executive officer, Adani Wilmar said, "Our
experts source the finest quality of basmati
paddy from the basmati growing regions of
Punjab and Haryana.”Fortune Traditional
Basmati Rice is available in packs of 5 kg,
10 kg and 25 kg.
Adani Wilmar has plans to invest Rs 600
crore this fiscal to expand capacity in its
refineries across the country, the company
had said in July this year. It has already
forayed into the soya chunks market under
its 'Fortune' brand.The company's revenue
stood at Rs 17,300 crore in FY14. The
company, which is a 50:50 joint venture
between Adani Group and Wilmar
International of Singapore, exports its
products to 19 countries in the Middle East,
South East Asia and East Africa
Source with thanks:BUSINESS JOURNAL
New Yield Data Available
WASHINGTO
N, DC --
Yesterday,
Farm Service
Agency (FSA)
Administrator
Val Dolcini announced that Risk
Management Agency (RMA) certified yield
data has been made available for producers
at FSA county offices. Producers are
encouraged to contact their local FSA
offices to see what data they have on file
from RMA.
This data will help producers make the one-
time decision to update their commodity
program payment yields or keep their
current yields for the new Price Loss
Coverage (PLC) and Agricultural Risk
Coverage (ARC) programs. The data on file
will be available only to the producer
associated with the crop insurance record
and the yield update decision must be made
by February 27, 2015."The collaboration
between FSA and RMA to provide
producers with certified yields should help
streamline the process of updating yields for
the new safety net programs," said Ben
Mosely, USA Rice Federation vice president
of government affairs. "Producers should
take advantage of this opportunity and make
appointments with their local FSA office as
soon as possible."
Contact: Evan Spencer (703) 236-1476

Little Rock Chef Proudly
Supports U.S.-Grown Rice
Chef Brian Deloney
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- U.S.-grown rice has
a keen supporter in Little Rock chef Brian
Deloney, an enthusiastic participant in the
USA Rice Federation's restaurant promotion
at the 2014 USA Rice Outlook Conference
held here earlier this month. Deloney is the
owner of Maddie's Place, a Little Rock
restaurant that features inventive variations
of Southern-style comfort food with a
distinctive Creole influence.Chef Deloney
trained under world-famous chef Emeril
Lagasse for more than ten years at
restaurants from Las Vegas to New Orleans,
before returning to his roots in Little Rock to
open his own restaurant.
Named after Deloney's daughter, Maddie's
Place serves Cajun-style dishes including an
infamous Chicken and Andouille Sausage
Gumbo with Steamed Rice.Deloney
emphasizes his commitment to serving
creative dishes with homegrown ingredients
such as rice."I love buying local ingredients,
I do support that," he said. "I like really
good, simple food done right with love.
Rice is an integral part of our menu,
absolutely. We use rice all over the
place."When asked about his preference for
using Arkansas-grown ingredients on his
menu, Deloney said, "The rice I use comes
from Arkansas. Since rice is such a big deal
in Arkansas, it is pretty easy to get and a big
part of what we do here."
Contact: Colleen Klemczewski (703) 236-1446
CME Group/Closing
Rough Rice Futures
CME Group (Preliminary): Closing Rough Rice
Futures for December 23
Month Price Net Change
January 2015 $12.185 + $0.025
March 2015 $12.415 + $0.030
May 2015 $12.685 + $0.025
July 2015 $12.850 + $0.025
September
2015
$12.230 + $0.025
November
2015
$12.190 + $0.025
January 2016 $12.200 + $0.025

Best Eats 2014: The 12 top
Huntsville-area dining
reviews from this year
ChuckWagon BBQ's Three Meat Plate with ribs,
brisket, chicken, slaw and potato salad. (Matt
Wake/mwake@al.com)
Matt Wake | mwake@al.com
By Matt Wake | mwake@al.com
Email the author | Follow on Twitter
on December 23, 2014 at 8:00 AM, updated December 23,
2014 at 9:24 AM
It doesn't really matter if a restaurant
employee notices the
AL.com/Huntsville Times
entertainment reporter is seated over there at
table nine. Or if they don't. Because with all
internal and external variables involved in
the wild animal that's the restaurant
business, getting well-prepared food out to a
tableful of people in a timely, courtesy and
interesting manner is never truly easy. To
use a baseball analogy, a major league
pitcher knows he's supposed to throw a
strike into the catcher's mitt. But that doesn't
mean he'll be on target when there are
20,000 fans in the stadium. Or that he'll get
the ball past the batter. That's why
restaurants and food trucks that do pull off
stunning food and sterling service deserve
much respect ... and a place on our Best Eats
of 2014 list.
Please note: Pricing, available items and
hours of operation indicated below reflect
those on the date the dining review was
conducted. Please call ahead for latest
information.
ChuckWagon BBQ
8982 Hwy. 20, Madison
256-772-5179
Monday - Wednesday: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Thursday: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.; 5 - 8 p.m.
Recommendations: Chicken, ribs, pulled
pork, brisket.
Price range: Most main dishes $7 - $16.
Suspense builds as you get to the front of the
line at Chuckwagon BBQ. A tall gray
bearded gent wearing a cowboy hat - and
looking like he just finished shoeing a horse
- brandishes a large knife and presides over
a steaming table of various meats. The ribs
are excellent - smoky, tender, a subtle
sweetness - and paired well with
ChuckWagon's medium barbecue sauce,
which has enough kick for most folks. There
aren't many barbecue joints in Huntsville
that take a stab at brisket. ChuckWagon
nails it. The chicken, my serving was

basically a breast halved, might have been
my favorite main dish here - a pronounced
smokiness, super tender well-cooked white
meat.
Read the full review
here:http://www.al.com/entertainment/inde
x.ssf/2014/10/chuckwagon_bbqs_mighty_b
risket.html#incart_river
The Eaves Restaurant (Sunday brunch)
501 Church St.
256-489-1752
eaveshsv.com
Sunday brunch: 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Recommendations: Surf & Turf
Omelette, Crab Cake BLT, Bourbon
Peaches & Cream Signature Stuffed
French Toast.
Price range: Most entrees $9 - $22.
The Eaves brunch menu indicates the
Bourbon Peaches & Cream Signature
Stuffed French Toast ($15) requires extra
prep time. It's worth the wait. Dusky, spicy
bourbon notes imbuing the gooey peach
stuffing inside the two large planks of
French toast, which were expertly cooked.
Golden. Right on. The fresh whipped cream
on top was super rich and super airy, and
when combined with the bourbon peach
filling made for a truly decadent experience.
The side of bacon, thick cut, Applewood-
tasting was a smart, savory counterpoint to
all that lights-out sweetness.
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_is.html
Brasserie Juno
964 Airport Road S.W. Ste. 3
256-880-9920
junohsv.com
Tuesday - Thursday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday - Saturday: 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Recommendations: Tour du Fromage,
Duck Au Poivre, Charbroiled Flounder,
Chicken Provencal.
Price range: Most entrees $10 - $22
If you've never eaten snails before, it's
actually not a freaky experience. The
Escargot ($10) at Brasserie Juno is quite
lovely, broiled in a subtle garlic-butter and
the snails themselves, served sans shell, had
a bouncy texture not dissimilar from clams
and a woodsy, Portobello-like flavor.
Squeezing the accompanying lemon wedge
over the Escargot really made this dish pop.
Virtually every molecule of our meal at
Brasserie Juno - formerly the long-running
German restaurant Café Berlin which
ownership rebooted in mid-July as a French
place - was assured and elegant.
Transportive. And flat-out delicious.

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_is.html
Viet Cuisine
405 Jordan Lane
256-361-6067
Monday - Saturday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Recommendations: Lemongrass Chicken,
Dry Phnom Penh Noodle, Tofo And
Mixed Vegetable On The Skillet, Seafood
Pho.
Price range: Most main dishes $7 - $8.
The Lemongrass Chicken ($7.25) arrived on
a sizzling skillet similar to those Mexican
restaurants utilize for fajitas. A perfect
portion of tender stir fry chicken, supported
with a balanced amount of green bell pepper
chunks, red onion (caramelized sweet), baby
corn, mushrooms and, in a deft move, a few
bits of pineapple. Served with white rice.
Several sprigs of cilantro imparted exotic,
fresh notes. Minced chili pepper added pow.
An awesome dish.
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re.html
Rollin Lobstah
256-690-6494
Visit rollinlobstah.com for locations, dates
and times
Recommendations: Connecticut Lobstah
Roll, Maine Lobstah Roll, Mac & Cheese
Bacon Lobstah Bites.
Price range: Most items $7-$11.
When Lobstah debuted this summer at a
Downtown Huntsville Inc.'s Street Food
event, people were waiting in 90-minute
lines to order from this food truck. An hour-
and-a-half. Just to order. The Connecticut
Lobstah Roll ($11) is particularly excellent.
Warm fresh lobster chunks on a toasted
lightly buttered bun (with a favorable
lobster-to-bun ratio), and this is one of those
dishes where the ingredients meld into one.
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rv.html
Abuela's Mexican Bar and Grill
8694 Madison Blvd. Ste. 7
256-425-1231
Monday - Thursday: 10:30 - 9 p.m.
Friday- Saturday: 10:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Recommendations: Marinated Pork
Enchiladas, Tortilla Soup, Diablo Shrimp.
Price range: Most entrees $6.50 - $13.
They might as well all be franchises of some
chain called McMexican's. Those
interchangeable, boilerplate Mexican
restaurants that serve food so similar you
could be in Topeka or Tennessee. Many of
us still eat at them on the regular. Mostly
because of proximity to work or home.

Located in Madison, Abuela's Mexican Bar
and Grill is about a 15-minute drive from
downtown Huntsville and not particularly
convenient to here but I'll be driving back
there soon. Fresh, higher quality ingredients
and a menu with some delicious deviations
from the norm are the primary reasons why.
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rill.html
1892 East (vegetarian lunch menu)
720 Pratt Avenue
256-489-1242
1892east.com
Lunch: Monday - Friday 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Dinner: Monday - Saturday 5 - 10 p.m.
Brunch: Sunday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Recommendations: Mushroom Pot Pie,
Portobello "Burger," Crispy Tofu
Sandwich.
Price range: Most items $9 - $12.
My cheeseburger at 1892 East was juicy,
plenty, rich, savory, tender ... and
completely meatless. The Portobello
"Burger" ($10) is served on a soft, bakery-
style roll, the Portobello Burger was ideally
grilled. Balsamic aioli imparted bright notes
while Wright Dairy white cheddar cheese
contributed lush texture. The green leafy
lettuce, onion slices and ultra-ripe tomatoes
served with all the sandwiches we ordered
upped the ante, as did the abundant and
crunchy fresh-cut fries.
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_cho.html
5 A's Restaurant
6297 Highway 53
256-852-8089
5asrestaurant.com
Tuesday - Saturday: 10:30 a.m. - 9 p.m
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Recommendations: Feisty Feta Spread,
Chicken Kabob Plate, Kataifi, Vegetarian
Plate.
Price range: Most items $5 - $10.
Just because food is served on a Styrofoam
plate doesn't mean it can't look and taste
phenomenal. Witness the Chicken Kabob
Plate ($7.99) at 5 A's Restaurant, a two-
year-old-plus Greek eatery in Harvest.
Tender, juicy chunks of chicken breast, crisp
lettuce, sliced cherry tomatoes, olives, feta
cheese, soft pita triangles plated attractively
atop perfectly cooked, long-grain basmati
rice. This entrée really delivered some
subtle-yet-zesty flavors while retaining a
relatively healthy vibe. The accompanying,
on-the-side tzatziki sauce offered cucumber
coolness, garlic zip and clean creaminess,
and the hummus boasted lothario levels of
smoothness and earthiness.

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y_i.html
The Bottle (lunch menu)
101 Washington St. N.E.
256-704-5555
facebook.com/TheBottleHuntsville
Lunch: Monday- Friday 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Dinner: Monday - Saturday: 4 - 11 p.m.
Recommendations: Apple and Blackberry
Mixed Green Salad, Pan Fried Trout,
Seared Ahi Tuna Nicoise Bowl.
Price range: Entrees $13 - $16.
The skin-up plating of trout always looks a
little crazy to me, but you cannot argue with
the flavor. The Bottle's Pan Fried Trout
($16) possessed - snow-soft texture, flaky,
hints of buttery sweetness. It started off
tasting good and got better with each bite.
And there were lots of bites. Generous
portion. The accompanying lemon meuniere
sauce - dotted with a constellation of capers
- evoked earthy notes, and whenever I bit
into a caper, it added an intense bright burst.
The few neon-green drops of basil oil added
some sweet and leafy kicks, and I found
myself searching the plate for a few more
dots.
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artf.html
Brix (lunch menu)
964 Airport Road
256-881-3396
brixhuntsville.com
Dinner: Monday -Thursday 4:30 - 9 p.m.;
Friday - Saturday 4:30 - 10 p.m.
Lunch: Tuesday - Friday: 11 a.m. - 2
p.m.
Recommendations: Brix Salad, Chicken
& Waffles.
Price range: $9 - $15.
If you've ever been underwhelmed by
chicken and waffles, try the version on
Brix's lunch menu. The problem you can run
into with this dichotomous dish, as prepared
at soul food restaurants, is the chicken is
often three or so fried wings. So the protein
is skimpy and a hassle to eat with a knife
and fork. Brix's Chicken & Waffles
($12.95), ordered on a recent Monday,
featured a sizeable, boneless chicken
tenderloin, fried juicy-crisp without being
overdone or greasy. Granted, Brix is a
white-tablecloth restaurant. But this is an
upscale refinement that really, really works
and a fair trade for whatever "funkiness" is
lost.
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rpri.html
Cotton Row Restaurant (lunch menu)
100 South Side Square

256-382-9500
cottonrowrestaurant.com
Lunch: Wednesday - Friday: 11 a.m. - 2
p.m.
Dinner: Monday through Saturday 5 p.m.
- 10 p.m.
Recommendations: Gnocchi Spinach
Soup, Pan Seared Corvina, Grilled Mahi
Mahi, Chicken Pot Pie.
Price range: Most lunch items $11 - $17.
Ever since star chef James Boyce opened
Cotton Row in 2008, the downtown-square
fine-dining spot has earned a reputation for
transcendent food and car-payment sized
tabs. While Cotton Row dinner entree prices
are no joke, the restaurant's fantastic lunch
menu is much more accessible. I ordered the
Grilled Mahi Mahi ($14). When the
gorgeously plated Mahi was placed in front
of me, it felt like I was living inside a
cookbook photo. The fish couldn't have been
cooked better. Super, tender flaky interior,
and a slightly-crispy exterior which was
subtly salt and herb seasoned. The fish was
served atop sunset-soft ringlets of house-
made, slightly buttery fettuccine. Wow.
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nu_ite.html
Nick's Ristorante
10300 Bailey Cove Road
256-489-8280
nicksristorante.com
Monday - Saturday: 4 - 11 p.m.
Recommendations: Veal Saltimboca,
Pasta Nicky, Crab-Stuffed Portobello
"Jaclyn."
Price range: Most entrees $18 - $39.
Nick's Ristorante is located in a South
Huntsville strip mall, so approaching the
humble exterior you might wonder, "Is this
really somewhere I want to drop some big
coin on dinner?" The answer is a
resounding, 72-point font "YES." The Veal
Saltimboca ($24) was possibly the best in a
strong field of entrees we ordered. Layers of
veal, prosciutto, cheese and, I believe, sage,
resulted in a dish that was sophisticated and
supper-comfy. Our server recommended
mushroom risotto as a side, and man, was
she right-on. Chunky, woodsy and a must-do
side.
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s.html
Source with thanks:
www.topix.com/forum/city/huntsville-
al/TUVS9N5FRPV1DSF00
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