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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Longtime Charlotte restaurateur Birdie Yang — best known for Baku and Yama Asian Fusion — has quietly opened his newest concept: Sora, a tasting menu restaurant located in Myers Park.
—Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2025
Think of the following shows as a kind of tasting menu for Emmy voters.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 31 May 2025
Instead of attracting regulars, though, Hop Alley’s kitchen-within-a-kitchen has been more of a success with out-of-town diners or people specifically seeking chef’s counter tasting menus, many finding the experience through websites like Michelin or Tock.
—Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
The search for the vaunted gourmet fungi takes place on a local family’s private woodland and is followed by a four-course tasting menu studded with your finds.
—Vivian Song, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2025
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Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2025
Think of the following shows as a kind of tasting menu for Emmy voters.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 31 May 2025
Instead of attracting regulars, though, Hop Alley’s kitchen-within-a-kitchen has been more of a success with out-of-town diners or people specifically seeking chef’s counter tasting menus, many finding the experience through websites like Michelin or Tock.
—Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
The search for the vaunted gourmet fungi takes place on a local family’s private woodland and is followed by a four-course tasting menu studded with your finds.
—Vivian Song, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tasting menu
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“Tasting menu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tasting%20menu. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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