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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Its crown jewel is a tasting menu that offers a beautiful journey to India without the plane ticket.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
The restaurant moves beyond the usual clichés of Indian food, offering a dedicated vegetarian tasting menu featuring dishes like a vibrant avocado and mint tart spiked with green chili, and a velvety corn soup with khandvi.
—Nupur Singh, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2026
Notably good deals include the $29 lunch special that offers a three-course tasting menu with guests’ choice of a starter, main and sorbet; and a $120 nine-course omakase for two during happy hour.
—Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
The three-star Michelin restaurant serves a standard nine-course tasting menu that reportedly costs about $424 per person.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
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Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
The restaurant moves beyond the usual clichés of Indian food, offering a dedicated vegetarian tasting menu featuring dishes like a vibrant avocado and mint tart spiked with green chili, and a velvety corn soup with khandvi.
—Nupur Singh, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2026
Notably good deals include the $29 lunch special that offers a three-course tasting menu with guests’ choice of a starter, main and sorbet; and a $120 nine-course omakase for two during happy hour.
—Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
The three-star Michelin restaurant serves a standard nine-course tasting menu that reportedly costs about $424 per person.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
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 5 Mar. 2026.
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