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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Vineyards like Bodega Ribas provide tours and tasting menus with a reservation (from €31 per person).
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
As far as cuisine, the 13-course tasting menu (priced at $295 per person) includes a variety of dishes that show off cornerstones of Korean cooking, such as charcoal grilling and fermentation, and also take inspiration from areas across East Asia.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
There were no bean sprouts in that night’s tasting menu.
—Wayne Chan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
The menu for Curry’s establishment has not yet been released, but his bourbon brand, Gentleman’s Cut, and rare whiskies will figure prominently in cocktails and tasting menus at the reservations-only bar.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
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Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
As far as cuisine, the 13-course tasting menu (priced at $295 per person) includes a variety of dishes that show off cornerstones of Korean cooking, such as charcoal grilling and fermentation, and also take inspiration from areas across East Asia.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
There were no bean sprouts in that night’s tasting menu.
—Wayne Chan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
The menu for Curry’s establishment has not yet been released, but his bourbon brand, Gentleman’s Cut, and rare whiskies will figure prominently in cocktails and tasting menus at the reservations-only bar.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Tasting menu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tasting%20menu. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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