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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Although World’s 50 Best Restaurants skews toward fine dining establishments, North America’s 50 Best Restaurants and its 300-plus voters will likely create a list that goes well beyond tasting menus.
—Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Unlike restaurants like Beckon or Bruto, which were built entirely around the tasting menu model — where guests eat whatever they are given, rather than picking from a menu — these chef’s counters are more like passion projects, where chefs can let their creativity run wild.
—Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
Sora, a tasting menu restaurant with a French and Asian fusion point of view, is set to open in May.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2025
The restaurant is normally closed on Mondays, but the staff is stepping in to serve its regular tasting menu that night on the family’s behalf.
—Pamela Kragen, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Unlike restaurants like Beckon or Bruto, which were built entirely around the tasting menu model — where guests eat whatever they are given, rather than picking from a menu — these chef’s counters are more like passion projects, where chefs can let their creativity run wild.
—Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
Sora, a tasting menu restaurant with a French and Asian fusion point of view, is set to open in May.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2025
The restaurant is normally closed on Mondays, but the staff is stepping in to serve its regular tasting menu that night on the family’s behalf.
—Pamela Kragen, Mercury News, 4 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 3 Jun. 2025.
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