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

Examples of tasting menu in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The five-course tasting menu at The Thief is superb. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024 Join Nok and your fellow travelers for a welcome dinner featuring a six-course tasting menu at Le Du, ranked number one on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2023. Bon Appétit, 16 Sep. 2024 Most welcome, however, is the tasting menu from the hotel’s restaurant, Virens, and craft cocktails from its rooftop bar, Azimuth. Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2024 Valle In Oceanside, California, Chef Roberto Alcocer prepares intricate seasonal tasting menus inspired by Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe. Sunset Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tasting menu 

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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 1 Oct. 2024.

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