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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Reservations are now open for the California micro-seasonal restaurant, which will serve a 12-plus-course tasting menu for $265, with optional beverage pairings for $195.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
Still offering its monthly five-course tasting menu featuring crudos, handmade pastas, and wagyu steaks, Poeta resurrects with quality that belies its $65 price tag.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The restaurant — a destination for sustainable seafood by way of an artful tasting menu — turned 20 this month.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
One class migrant noted her aversion to deer meat—associated in my crowd with tasting menus, but in her childhood with unemployment and poverty.
—Joan C. Williams
june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
Still offering its monthly five-course tasting menu featuring crudos, handmade pastas, and wagyu steaks, Poeta resurrects with quality that belies its $65 price tag.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The restaurant — a destination for sustainable seafood by way of an artful tasting menu — turned 20 this month.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
One class migrant noted her aversion to deer meat—associated in my crowd with tasting menus, but in her childhood with unemployment and poverty.
—Joan C. Williams
june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 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 21 Jul. 2025.
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