Motoyaki Explained

Motoyaki is a style of cooking, involving baked food topped with a mayonnaise-based sauce and served in an oyster shell.^[1] It is typically available in Japanese restaurants on the Pacific coast of Canada.^[2] Examples of motoyaki dishes are oyster motoyaki and lobster motoyaki.^[3]

In Japan

In Japanese cuisine, a sauce called ^[4] (or ^[5] /) is prepared by beating egg yolks and oil together just like mayonnaise, but without any vinegar.^[6] Some variants also have miso^[7] or soy sauce added. Foods topped with this sauce and baked are ^[8] (or ^[9] / ^[10]). Although motoyaki is considered a traditional Japanese dish,^[11] the names motoyaki, tamagonomoto, and alike are not well known in Japan, while its variant using mayonnaise: (or) is far more popular.^[12]

Canadian motoyaki is similar to Japanese mayonēzuyaki in using mayonnaise, unlike Japanese "motoyaki".

External links

• Oyster Motoyaki Recipe (blog)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oysters motoyaki. 2019-03-01. 2021-07-20.
   1. BeShellfish for BC Oysters
   . Petkau. Brent. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130131259/https://www.eatbcoysters.ca/oysters-motoyaki/. 2020-11-30. live. BC shellfish growers association. Canada. en. (a better photo https://web.archive.org/web/20210720090502/https://www.eatbcoysters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1-2.jpg)
2. Examples: Web site: snapshot of tripadvisor.com search "motoyaki" worldwide. 2021-07-20. Tripadvisor. https://archive.today/20210720084648/https://www.tripadvisor.com/Search?q=motoyaki&searchSessionId=85D44E7CB9B15091F25C91E246BDA6021626770671852ssid&sid=919B21A0B99B4551960C92F679C275551626770700036&blockRedirect=true&ssrc=a&rf=1. 2021-07-20.
3. Web site: Lobster Motoyaki Recipe. 2015-06-10. 2021-07-20. BCLiving. Yu. Jenice. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720131841/https://www.bcliving.ca/lobster-motoyaki. 2021-07-20. live. en.
4. The sauce is egg-based, but its name means the opposite: "egg's base".
5. Web site: http://sakura.tsukuba-g.ac.jp/~u1532020/renkon-recipe/. 2019-01-17. 2021-07-20. Chef Tamura's special lecture. Tamura. Takashi. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720134750/http://sakura.tsukuba-g.ac.jp/~u1532020/renkon-recipe/. 2021-07-20. live. Tsukuba Gakuin University. ja. ja:レンコンの海老はさみ揚げ. fried lotus roots with shrimp surimi.
6. Web site: Tamagonomoto. ja:卵の素. 2021-07-20. Tsuji Culinary Institute recipes. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720130721/https://www.tsuji.ac.jp/oishii/recipe/kihon-n073_recipe.html?CID=TJONCS1001&RECIPE_CD=kihon-n073&RECIPE_TYPE=MAIN&SEARCH_TYPE=. ja. 2021-07-20. live. Tsuji Culinary Institute.
7. Web site: http://www.amgyoren.or.jp/hotate/recipe06.php. Recipes for scallops. 2021-07-20. 青森県漁業協同組合連合会 (Aomori fishers' cooperations' association). https://web.archive.org/web/20210720140735/http://www.amgyoren.or.jp/hotate/recipe06.php. 2021-07-20. live. もと焼き (motoyaki). ja. ja:ほたてのレシピ. (rough translation) Ingredients of tamagonomoto: 2 egg yolks; 1 tbsp miso; 1 tbsp sugar; salt; pepper.
8. The first letters "も" and "と" both have Japanese particles using the same letters, a potential cause of confusion.
9. Web site: tamamoto-yaki. 2019-07-19. 2021-07-20. Official blog of Robin (a Japanese restaurant). https://web.archive.org/web/20210720140124/https://www.robin-kyoto.com/fcblog/2019/07/19/%E7%8E%89%E7%B4%A0%E7%84%BC%E3%81%8D/. 2021-07-20. live. ja. ja:玉素焼き.
10. The same kanji spelling has two other homonyms, even within the context of food related words, a potential cause of confusion: Encyclopedia: ja:す‐やき【素焼】. Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Concise edition. Shogakukan. Japan. https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%B4%A0%E7%84%BC-85097. 2021-07-20. ja. Kotobank.
    1. 素焼き(すやき, suyaki): unglazed earthenware
    2. 素焼き(すやき, suyaki): unseasoned baking
11. Web site: https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO57218600V20C20A3000000?channel=DF080420167219&k=201607310540&page=3. ja:山海の美味を納得の価格で味わう和食店　東京・浅草. 2020-04-06. 2021-07-20. NIKKEI STYLE. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720133117/https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO57218600V20C20A3000000?channel=DF080420167219&k=201607310540&page=3. 2021-07-20. live. Nikkei, Inc.. 3. ja. A traditional Japanese restaurant where you can enjoy natural gourment in reasonable price – in Asakusa, Tokyo. (No photos of motoyaki in this article.)
12. Snapshots of searches in Web site: Recipes search. 2021-07-20. LettuceClub. Kadokawa Corporation. ja., a Japanese recipe magazine.
    • "もと焼き": 0 matches out of 4 hits https://web.archive.org/web/20210720115457/https://www.lettuceclub.net/recipe/search/%E3%82%82%E3%81%A8%E7%84%BC%E3%81%8D/
    • "マヨネーズ焼き": 13 matches out of 13 hits https://web.archive.org/web/20210720143817/https://www.lettuceclub.net/recipe/search/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A8%E3%83%8D%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E7%84%BC%E3%81%8D/
    • "マヨ焼き": 42 matches out of 45 hits https://web.archive.org/web/20210720115250/https://www.lettuceclub.net/recipe/search/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A8%E7%84%BC%E3%81%8D/