A B757-200 ON APCH HAS CALL FROM CABIN ATTENDANT RPTING A STRANGE ODOR IN THE FORWARD GALLEY. NO ACTION TAKEN DURING APCH.

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DURING APCH INTO IAD; THE 'A' FLT ATTENDANT CALLED AND INFORMED ME THAT SHE WAS SMELLING A STRANGE ODOR IN THE FORWARD AREA; AND I ASKED IF SHE HAD ANY FOOD THAT MAY BE IN THE OVEN. SHE SAID THE OVENS WERE OFF. I MENTIONED THAT THE OVENS WERE WRITTEN UP A FEW DAYS EARLIER; AS THE SAME COMPLAINT WAS RPTED AND MAINT CLEANED THE OVENS WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE SOLVED THE PROB. I ALSO SUGGESTED TO TURN THE CABIN LIGHTS OFF AS THEY MAY BE THE CAUSE. THE FLT ATTENDANT CALLED BACK IN A COUPLE OF MINS INDICATING THAT SHE STILL SMELLED THE ODOR AND IT WAS ONLY IN THE FORWARD GALLEY AREA. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL IN THE COCKPIT AND THE COPLT AND I COULD NOT SMELL ANY ODOR. THE FLT ATTENDANT CALLED AND ASKED IF I COULD MAKE A PA ANNOUNCEMENT TO EASE SOME FIRST CLASS PAX MINDS. I MADE THE PA ANNOUNCEMENT; EXPLAINING THAT ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL AND THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE ODOR AND ALSO THAT WE WERE LNDG IN A FEW MINS. ON THE DOWNWIND; I SELECTED THE STATUS PAGE AND NOTICED A 'STANDBY INVERTER.' THE APCH AND LNDG WERE NORMAL. AT THE GATE; WE SENT AN ACARS MESSAGE TO MAINT AND CALLED FOR A MECH AND BRIEFED HIM. WE ALSO HAD THE FLT ATTENDANT BRIEF HIM. AS WE DEPLANED HE WAS WORKING ON THE WRITE-UP. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID MAINT HAS NOT RPTED THE MAINT ACTION TAKEN ON THE SECOND RPT OF THE ODOR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR ACN 645041 REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: NEITHER THE CAPT NOR I SMELLED THE GALLEY ODOR RPTED BY THE CABIN ATTENDANT. NO RPT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM MAINT ON THE FINDINGS.