tasting menu

noun

plural tasting menus
: a selection of dishes, drinks, etc. offered together as a complete meal or tasting experience
All of Nobu's offerings can be ordered a la carte, but I recommend the multicourse tasting menu, which offered many of chef Matsuhisa's signature dishes served family-style.Kenneth Shapiro
It will be hard to resist the Middle East Feast, a tasting menu of the restaurant's popular dishes …Jessica Colley Clarke
Chef Joke Linzinmeir … has created a "drinking chocolate" tasting menu using chocolates from around the world.Andrea Strong

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Gusto, the resort’s gourmet Italian restaurant, offers 4-course tasting menus under the helm of Tuscan chef Nino Granza, who imports fresh ingredients every month from Italy. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 The Stellenbosch wine region alone is home to more than 200 wine producers and excellent restaurants, such as Rust en Vrede, where a six-course tasting menu is served in a cellar built in the 1780s. Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025 Five-course tasting menus feature all the fresh vegetables harvested on the day, cooked on the outdoor wood-fire Ofyr and Green Egg Kitchen. Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025 New on the list is Burrow Supper Club, run by Eleven Madison alum, Sammy Koolik, where twice-a-week guests can purchase tickets for $200 for a nine-course seasonal tasting menu menu. Vogue Runway, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tasting menu

Word History

Etymology

probably as translation of French menu dégustation

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tasting menu was in 1941

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“Tasting menu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tasting%20menu. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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