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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From merry pop-ups and gourmet tasting menus to warm cups of hot cocoa and creative gingerbread-making workshops, these wine country havens provide everything needed to create cheerful memories. Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 The tasting menu is priced at $115 per person with an optional wine pairing at an additional $65. Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024 Its lavish tasting menu, a parade of intricate small plates, is a fine-dining yin to Chez Noir's bistro-esque yang. Lizbeth Scordo, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2024 Here, the chef prepares a nine-course tasting menu, with each course inspired by a Cycladic island. Alessandra Amodio, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 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 21 Dec. 2024.

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