When I lived in San Francisco, in the United States, there was an izakaya I often visited that served a delicious dish that was listed on the menu simply as “grilled oysters”. Far from being the austere dish you’d expect, the oysters were covered in a rich mayonnaise before being grilled. I didn’t find out until afterwards that the dish has a name: oysters motoyaki. The preparation of this dish is quite easy, but I usually substitute fresh scallops for oysters. In Hong Kong, scallops are...