Seared Scallop Salad With Ponzu Sauce

Name: Seared Scallop Salad With Ponzu Sauce
Ingredients: FOR THE PONZU SAUCE:; ½ cup bonito flakes; 5 tbsp. fish stock; ¼ cup fresh lime juice; ¼ cup soy sauce; 1½ tsp. mirin (Japanese rice wine); FOR THE SALAD:; 3 tbsp. vegetable oil; Kernels from 3 ears corn; 6 oz. baby tatsoi or baby spinach; 6 scallions, trimmed and sliced into thin rounds; ¼ bunch cilantro, leaves only; 16 sea scallops; 1 tsp. fennel seeds, toasted and ground with a mortar and pestle; Salt and freshly ground black pepper