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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What began as a small food hall counter evolved into Chang’s first solo venture, Itamae AO, a 10-seat omakase-style Nikkei tasting menu. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2025 Try the nine-course tasting menu in your own treetop pod with the San Lucas Treetop Dining Experience. Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025 Now, The Guest has returned with a new tasting menu format and a new financial backer. Colin Wrenn, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025 The tasting menu at Uberto ends, like many others at restaurants of this caliber, with mignardises. Adam Erace, Fortune, 21 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 19 Dec. 2025.

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