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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Feast on a nine-course tasting menu with wine pairing (£230 per person)—including dishes like roasted Isle of Man scallops, shorthorn beef tartare, creedy carver duck, sticky toffee pudding tart, and a selection of British and Irish cheeses. Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 High-brow: Bingo lead by Casa Teresa chef Ruben Garcia — who, in addition to games and live Spanish music, serves a family-style tasting menu with caviar, oysters, jamon Iberico, foie gras, truffles, and porrons (starting at $125). Anna Spiegel, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024 The mega accolade, often called the Oscars of the food world, has made reservations to experience his exceptional tasting menu a must. Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2024 Go for extravagant pan-African tasting menus anchored in regional ingredients and a craft coffee movement at its crescendo. December 9, 2024 All products featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors. Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 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 25 Dec. 2024.

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