Motoyaki

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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 [1] and lobster motoyaki. [3]

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In Japan

In Japanese cuisine, a sauce called tamagonomoto (卵の素, literally:basis of egg) [4] [upper-alpha 1] (or tamagonomoto (玉子の素) [5] / tamamoto (玉素) [6] ) is prepared by beating egg yolks and oil together just like mayonnaise, but without any vinegar. [4] Some variants also have miso [7] or soy sauce [6] added. Foods topped with this sauce and baked are moto-yaki (もと焼き) [7] [upper-alpha 2] (or tamamoto-yaki (玉素焼き, literally:tamamotoed-and-baked) [8] / moto-yaki (素焼き) [6] [upper-alpha 3] ). Although motoyaki is considered a traditional Japanese dish, [6] the names motoyaki, tamagonomoto, and alike are not well known in Japan as of 2021, while its variant using mayonnaise: mayonēzu-yaki (マヨネーズ焼き) (or mayo-yaki (マヨ焼き)) is far more popular. [9]

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

Footnotes

  1. The sauce is egg-based, but its name means the opposite: "egg's base".
  2. The first letters "も" and "と" both have Japanese particles using the same letters, a potential cause of confusion.
  3. The same kanji spelling has two other homonyms, even within the context of food related words, a potential cause of confusion: す‐やき【素焼】. Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Concise edition (in Japanese). Japan: Shogakukan . Retrieved 2021-07-20 via Kotobank.
    1. 素焼き(すやき, suyaki): unglazed earthenware
    2. 素焼き(すやき, suyaki): unseasoned baking

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  7. 1 2 ほたてのレシピ [Recipes for scallops]. 青森県漁業協同組合連合会 (Aomori fishers' cooperations' association) (in Japanese). もと焼き (motoyaki). Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-20. (rough translation) Ingredients of tamagonomoto: 2 egg yolks; 1 tbsp miso; 1 tbsp sugar; salt; pepper
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