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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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The tasting menu at Uberto ends, like many others at restaurants of this caliber, with mignardises. Adam Erace, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025 From the inn above the restaurant to the farm to the 11-course tasting menu, the two create an immersive and comprehensive experience. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025 Celebrating the best Argentinian ingredients and the traditional ritual of slow-cooking meats over an open fire, Fogón Asado offers multi-course tasting menus at a bar surrounding the grill. Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025 Didn’t manage to get a res for the 11-course tasting menu? Farideh Sadeghin, Wired News, 7 Nov. 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 1 Dec. 2025.

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