tasting menu

noun

1. a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes:

   We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tasting menu¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

On Akoko’s £120 tasting menu, plantain puffs have been served with beef tartare, and Gambian stew with Irish oysters.

From New York Times

My sister and I went with the tasting menu, which featured international flavors and uplifted vegetarian options.

From Salon

Our wines serve to both highlight and compliment the food at Blanca and for the most part, to work within the environment of a tasting menu.

From Salon

It continued: "The kitchen is now under the command of Chef Victoria Blamey, who brings her own style and story to this robust tasting menu. Oyster with kalamansi cream, Dungeness crab empanadas, and surf clams with nixtamalized sweet potato reflect wide-ranging inspiration; and something is always grilling, like dry-aged pheasant or grass-fed lamb."

From Salon

They do share a lot of the same DNA, and Victoria and I have a lot of the same ideas when it comes to food, especially in the context of a tasting menu and the rhythms you need to maintain to keep the palate engaged.

From Salon