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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Splurge on the exquisite five-course Kaiseki tasting menu (with an optional saki pairing) that focuses on Japanese favorites and fresh, local seafood.
—Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
The sourcing of ingredients can read like a Michelin star tasting menu.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
The main restaurant serves an a la carte menu with local and seasonal ingredients, and there are two specialty dining options: Manfredi's Italian trattoria and Chef’s Table, with rotating tasting menus.
—Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
The tasting menu features brûleé of scallop with fennel panna cotta, duck confit ravioli and breast with gold flake, halibut with caviar and a s’mores tart with cookie butter brûleé.
When: 5-10 p.m. on Dec. 31.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
The sourcing of ingredients can read like a Michelin star tasting menu.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
The main restaurant serves an a la carte menu with local and seasonal ingredients, and there are two specialty dining options: Manfredi's Italian trattoria and Chef’s Table, with rotating tasting menus.
—Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
The tasting menu features brûleé of scallop with fennel panna cotta, duck confit ravioli and breast with gold flake, halibut with caviar and a s’mores tart with cookie butter brûleé.
When: 5-10 p.m. on Dec. 31.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Tasting menu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tasting%20menu. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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