Fresh Scallops & Pak Choi

Here is a dish with a true imperial flavour, one that Shandong citizens are extremely proud of as a banqueting dish. Use the best scallops you can find — each one large and about 1cm/½in thick. The pak choi here is of the smaller variety, sometimes called Taiwan pak choi, with pale green stalks and dark green leaves. This dish is sometimes served with the pak choi arranged to look like the spokes of a wheel, with the scallops on top.