Pescatarian gastronomy is not a national cuisine. It is a way of building a meal in which fish and seafood work with vegetables, pulses, herbs, dairy and plant-based elements. Harvard describes the pescatarian diet as a primarily plant-based eating pattern that includes fish and seafood alongside vegetables, fruit, grains, pulses, nuts and seeds.
The Kromans menus make that very tangible. Scallops demand precision because sweetness, texture and heat can quickly tip out of balance. Scampi ceviche brings freshness, acidity and flavours of the sea. Monkfish has a firmer texture and can carry lemon butter, cauliflower and mung beans without disappearing. When cod timbale, tomato tarte tatin, chickpeas and Nocellara olives join the menu, the vegetables are not decoration. They are part of its engine.
The ceviche element matters because acidity can lift fish and seafood without making a dish heavy. It works well with seaweed pesto, parsley oil, truffle oil, ricotta, lemon butter and cauliflower. The task is to watch the balance: the sweetness of the sea, the richness of dairy, the freshness of citrus, the structure of vegetables and the little push of umami from seaweed and nuts.
Pescatarian food works well at Kromans because it involves many small decisions. Fish cannot have ‘roughly enough’ heat. Ceviche must not simply be sour. Lemon butter should lift a dish rather than weigh it down. You learn with your hands, senses and tasting spoon, and when people cook together they usually become braver about tasting. That is a good thing. Flavour rarely comes from caution alone.