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 chef also sought out a seafood tasting menu, spicy glazed tofu, and plenty of makgeolli to sip on. Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2024 The regularly-changing tasting menu (£75) features some of Kirk’s top scoring dishes that gained him the Champion of Champions title on BBC Television’s Great British Menu. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 The only constant on Palma’s ever-changing tasting menu is this brioche bun served with coconut caramel butter. The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 21 Oct. 2024 Start with a cocktail, then make just one more decision and opt for the four-course tasting menu to leave yourself in the chef’s capable hands. Kevin Gray, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 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 4 Dec. 2024.

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