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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There is no tasting menu and everything is à la carte in a way Lockwood hopes will be accessible and fun, but refined and meticulous.
—Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
On Friday and Saturday nights, Smith and his team serve seasonal tasting menus at the intimate World of Quercus guest ranch in Meriwether County.
—Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 16 Mar. 2026
The chef is now showing off his own signature style with Oyatte’s modern tasting menu, which is rooted in ingredients from Brett Ellis’s Crown Daisy Farm in upstate New York.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2026
Opt for the five-course chef’s tasting menu, curated by Standridge himself.
—Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
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Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
On Friday and Saturday nights, Smith and his team serve seasonal tasting menus at the intimate World of Quercus guest ranch in Meriwether County.
—Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 16 Mar. 2026
The chef is now showing off his own signature style with Oyatte’s modern tasting menu, which is rooted in ingredients from Brett Ellis’s Crown Daisy Farm in upstate New York.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2026
Opt for the five-course chef’s tasting menu, curated by Standridge himself.
—Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Tasting menu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tasting%20menu. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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