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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For dinner, the creative tasting menu at Mexican restaurant Autor offers the chefs an opportunity to showcase their heritage, while Kengai’s Asian menu is inspired by the Japanese Izakaya tradition of sharing dishes.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2025
Villa Mahana is an ultra-intimate, candlelit restaurant tucked into the hills of Bora Bora, offering just a few tables and a legendary tasting menu.
—Jim Augerinos, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
There are also two restaurants—one casual, and the other a fancier venue that offers a multi-course tasting menu inspired by the region.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Starters, $14-$20; mains, $18-$36; tasting menu, $96.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2025
Villa Mahana is an ultra-intimate, candlelit restaurant tucked into the hills of Bora Bora, offering just a few tables and a legendary tasting menu.
—Jim Augerinos, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
There are also two restaurants—one casual, and the other a fancier venue that offers a multi-course tasting menu inspired by the region.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Starters, $14-$20; mains, $18-$36; tasting menu, $96.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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 8 Nov. 2025.
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