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
Andrea StrongExamples of tasting menu in a Sentence
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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
Book a five or nine-course tasting menu at Bosq, which was one of a handful of Colorado restaurants that nabbed a Michelin star in 2023.
—Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 30 Oct. 2024
At Estero, Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez, the creative culinary force behind Lima’s Centro (currently the best restaurant in the world), serves up a multi-course tasting menu for dinner, showcasing fresh seafood from the Mexican coast with a Peruvian twist.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
Chapter, one of Hanoi’s newest fine-dining restaurants, offers an exceptional 12-course tasting menu, with ingenious dishes featuring tamarind, scallops, silverfish, duck and venison.
—Chris Humphrey, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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Kevin Gray, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Book a five or nine-course tasting menu at Bosq, which was one of a handful of Colorado restaurants that nabbed a Michelin star in 2023.
—Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 30 Oct. 2024
At Estero, Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez, the creative culinary force behind Lima’s Centro (currently the best restaurant in the world), serves up a multi-course tasting menu for dinner, showcasing fresh seafood from the Mexican coast with a Peruvian twist.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
Chapter, one of Hanoi’s newest fine-dining restaurants, offers an exceptional 12-course tasting menu, with ingenious dishes featuring tamarind, scallops, silverfish, duck and venison.
—Chris Humphrey, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Tasting menu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tasting%20menu. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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