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tasting menu

American  

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.


Etymology

Origin of tasting menu

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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For this trip, I knew I wanted one big dinner splurge and reverse-engineered the rest of my dining budget to accommodate Aviv, where the build-your-own Tayim tasting menu costs $95.

From The Wall Street Journal

Playgrounds may remain as nostalgic landmarks, but the new measure of family fun looks more like a tasting menu than a sandbox.

From MarketWatch

Playgrounds may remain as nostalgic landmarks, but the new measure of family fun looks more like a tasting menu than a sandbox.

From MarketWatch

His current “Table for Six,” tasting menu grew from that encounter.

From Salon

The nihari made it on the tasting menu, too, and is served in a hand-painted clay pot that’s broken open when served.

From Salon