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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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 For a real treat, let the chef take charge with his seasonal five-course tasting menu. Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 On the contrary, breakfast at Tanzie’s has been such a hit that the couple recently launched a five-course tasting menu. Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 The tasting menu included a variety of butters (white truffle, chiles toreados, bone marrow, garlic and hibiscus) as well as condiments like truffle soy and chimichurri. Charna Flam, People.com, 19 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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