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
Kenneth ShapiroIt will be hard to resist the Middle East Feast, a tasting menu of the restaurant's popular dishes …—Jessica Colley Clarke
Jessica Colley ClarkeChef Joke Linzinmeir … has created a "drinking chocolate" tasting menu using chocolates from around the world.—Andrea Strong
Andrea StrongExamples of tasting menu in a Sentence
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Chef departures lead to fine dining losses Metro Atlanta’s fine dining scene has lost two of its most interesting and innovative tasting menus with the closure of Nadair and a pivot toward more casual dining at Roswell’s Truth Be Told.
—Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 20 June 2026
Huka Lodge alum Paul Froggatt oversees the on-site restaurant, Essence, which serves a seasonal 10-course tasting menu.
—Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 19 June 2026
From limited‑edition bottles that never mention FIFA by name to tasting menus quietly syncing with match calendars, the smartest food and spirits brands are finding ways to cash in on the moment without buying their way onto a perimeter board.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Trust the chef with the $65 tasting menu ($45 for vegetarians), one of the best values for a menu of its kind in Boston.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026
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Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 20 June 2026
Huka Lodge alum Paul Froggatt oversees the on-site restaurant, Essence, which serves a seasonal 10-course tasting menu.
—Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 19 June 2026
From limited‑edition bottles that never mention FIFA by name to tasting menus quietly syncing with match calendars, the smartest food and spirits brands are finding ways to cash in on the moment without buying their way onto a perimeter board.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Trust the chef with the $65 tasting menu ($45 for vegetarians), one of the best values for a menu of its kind in Boston.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026
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“Tasting menu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tasting%20menu. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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