coastal cuisine
Beachside seafood dishes
Coastal cuisine refers to cooking traditions and dishes shaped by proximity to the sea, emphasizing seafood, shellfish, and ingredients from marine environments.
The term appears in restaurant marketing and food writing to evoke freshness and regional character: The restaurant specializes in Pacific coastal cuisine.
What qualifies varies by region—Mediterranean, New England, and Southeast Asian coastal cuisines share the ocean connection but little else.
- seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
- catch of the dayRestaurant's freshest seafood offering
- shrimpSmall edible crustacean
- crabPincer-bearing shellfish
- crab shackCasual seaside shellfish restaurant
lobster · clam · clam bake · oyster · raw bar · fish · fish and chips · briny · salt · sea salt · seaweed · tidal · harbor · dockside · fresh catch · chowder · bouillabaisse · grilled