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Chef's Kitchen

Each month we bring a guest chef into our Chef's Kitchen column to give us a tip that elevates their cooking (and hopefully ours). They also provide a recipe that showcases their tip. Our guest chef this month is Owner/Executive Chef My Linh Tran of Lynn's Bistro in Kirkland. Lynn's Bistro is an intimate, 30-seat restaurant offering classic French dishes with an inspired twist: fine dining excellence in a neighborhood setting.


Born in Vietnam of Chinese parents, My Linh left her native country in 1978. She first arrived in Seattle in 1980 and worked for a short time as a prep cook at Crepe de Paris. For the next four years she worked and trained with Dominique Place at his restaurant of the same name in Madison Park, and then it was off to Houston as the sous chef at Ten Ten. 

In 1996 she became head chef at Lavana Moon in New York City, a move that brought My Linh critical acclaim and her creations featured on magazine covers. During this time in New York she continued her formal culinary education at the French Culinary School. where she so impressed her instructors they asked her to teach a class.

Returning to Seattle in 1991 My Linh became the head chef at Crepe de Paris, a position she held for the next eight years before starting Lynn's Fine Catering in 1999. Two years later she created Lynn's Bistro in Kirkland.
 

Perfect salad rice every time, by My Linh Tran

When using rice as a salad ingredient it is very important to have the rice thoroughly cooked, but not soggy. Make sure rice is "dry" when cooking is finished. If it is not, spread rice out on a baking sheet and dry it out a little in the oven to remove excess moisture. This gives a delicious mildly toasty flavor to a salad.
 

Lynn's Bistro
Lynn's Fine Catering
214 Central Way
Kirkland, WA 98033
425-889-2808
www.lynnsbistro.com

See website for restaurant hours


Click here to see My Linh's recipe

August 2008


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