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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Don’t miss the tasting menu, which on one recent visit concluded with huckleberry ice cream served with intriguingly savory parsley oil.
—Harry Cheadle, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
As for food, Kumiko offers both a rotating à la carte and tasting menu.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Dine like the Duttons chef tasting menu The Dining like the Duttons tasting menu entails a four-course dinner for $115 per person.
—Ella Gonzales
may 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2026
Astera offers an upscale tasting menu with a non-alcoholic drink pairing option alongside its zero proof drinks list — letting diners experience the full multi-course meal without alcohol at any point.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
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Harry Cheadle, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
As for food, Kumiko offers both a rotating à la carte and tasting menu.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Dine like the Duttons chef tasting menu The Dining like the Duttons tasting menu entails a four-course dinner for $115 per person.
—Ella Gonzales
may 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2026
Astera offers an upscale tasting menu with a non-alcoholic drink pairing option alongside its zero proof drinks list — letting diners experience the full multi-course meal without alcohol at any point.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
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“Tasting menu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tasting%20menu. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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