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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If a tasting menu isn’t your speed, the same neighborhoods are packed with bistros, bakeries and crêperies that lean into the city’s French DNA without the tasting-menu price tag.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
Dinner is offered both à la carte and as a set tasting menu that spotlights refined Italian cooking and seasonal ingredients.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
The nine-course tasting menu at Cuca is a favorite at this vegetarian-friendly fine-dining spot.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
Besides being more manageable logistically, this style calls back to Healy’s fine-dining roots — think of a chef curating an ever-changing tasting menu — and also just speaks to Healy’s own personal preference.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
Dinner is offered both à la carte and as a set tasting menu that spotlights refined Italian cooking and seasonal ingredients.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
The nine-course tasting menu at Cuca is a favorite at this vegetarian-friendly fine-dining spot.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
Besides being more manageable logistically, this style calls back to Healy’s fine-dining roots — think of a chef curating an ever-changing tasting menu — and also just speaks to Healy’s own personal preference.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Tasting menu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tasting%20menu. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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