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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The next, a multi-course tasting menu featuring teriyaki king oyster mushrooms and springbok carpaccio with wasabi aioli and micro radish.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
The tasting menu at Chi Spacca was priced at $185.
—Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
In mid-January, Pavyllon launched a weekend five-course breakfast tasting menu (according to the hotel, London’s first) that allows diners to taste many of the restaurant's signature dishes.
—Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
Platings that were works of art featured delicacies such as caviar, foie gras and lobster, but humbler foods also elevated to greatness were the potato, daikon radish and grapefruit in the multicourse tasting menu.
—Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 1 Mar. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
The tasting menu at Chi Spacca was priced at $185.
—Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
In mid-January, Pavyllon launched a weekend five-course breakfast tasting menu (according to the hotel, London’s first) that allows diners to taste many of the restaurant's signature dishes.
—Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
Platings that were works of art featured delicacies such as caviar, foie gras and lobster, but humbler foods also elevated to greatness were the potato, daikon radish and grapefruit in the multicourse tasting menu.
—Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 1 Mar. 2026
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“Tasting menu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tasting%20menu. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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