0 in some restaurants, a meal that consists of many different dishes, usually for a fixed price, and often chosen to show the skill of the chef (= cook):
They have all braved the wait for the sublime nine-course tasting menu.
A seven-course tasting menu is one way to sample the chef's flights of cuisinary fancy.
The owner recommends the tasting menu "so you can get a feel for what we do."
Once completed, each chef is given two hours to prepare a three course seafood tasting menu that demonstrates their passion for food.
Achatz serves diners a small-course tasting menu, running approximately 18 courses.
Patrons are served a themed tasting menu prepared and served by the head chef.
The menu favors seafood and offers several tasting menus as well as a vegetarian menu.