There are a lot of great things about living in the Northwest and salmon is one of them.  Almost a cliche to point that out, but had to share.  Tonight Marel and I cooked cedar plank salmon and it was great.  If you are looking to get great fresh seafood and great service outside of downtown Seattle, try Tim’s Seafood here in Kirkland.  I can’t say enough about this place and Tim is quite possibly the happiest guy I know.  They set us up with fresh wild copper river sockeye tonight.  Thanks Mom & Dad for the cedar planks.  As you can see, we are putting them to good use.

Update:  This posts gets quite a few hits (who knew?) so thought I would share what is on this piece of fish.  It is a rub of brown sugar, fresh thyme, and a bit of cayenne pepper mixed with some olive oil.  Also did one with a maple sugar/bourbon glaze that was pretty tasty.  Keep water handy to put the flames out as the saying where there is smoke there is fire holds true with this cooking method.