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
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At another dinner, the star of a seven-course tasting menu was a small onion braised in black beer and served with béchamel.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
Diners choose their meals in advance, and an à la carte menu competes with two six- and seven-course tasting menus.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
The restaurant also just launched its tasting menu concept, Inɨ́sha, and it has been sold out since.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
Georgie At this swanky restaurant, chef RJ Yoakum offers a playful yet refined tasting menu, as well as seasonal a la carte dishes.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025
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Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
Diners choose their meals in advance, and an à la carte menu competes with two six- and seven-course tasting menus.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
The restaurant also just launched its tasting menu concept, Inɨ́sha, and it has been sold out since.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
Georgie At this swanky restaurant, chef RJ Yoakum offers a playful yet refined tasting menu, as well as seasonal a la carte dishes.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tasting menu
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“Tasting menu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tasting%20menu. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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