Tasting Menu

But when you open the menu card, you are faced with a blank page except for some tiny writing at the bottom—the prices of two tasting-menu options. ❋ Bruce Palling (2012)

Beyond the appeal of the lower cost per se, there's the very attractive freedom of choice in a world unconfined by the tasting-menu straitjacket. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another told me of a “perfect” tasting-menu dinner with wine accompaniment that was one of her worst dates because the guy was more interested in impressing her with his gourmet knowledge than in actually listening to anything she had to say. ❋ Reva Seth (2008)

Our tasting-menu dinner in the “atelier” (accelerated, obviously, because of the concert) lasted an hour and 20 minutes. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Readers of my last column may remember the tasting-menu dinner for two I had at Joël Robuchon a couple of weeks ago that cost me $813.60. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This is the bearable reality of the affordable extravagance that has drawn us, and many others we know, to live large at a price that few entrancing global metropolises can match; here, travellers with medium-size pockets can visit tasting-menu restaurants that would be bank-breaking in New York or London. ❋ IAIN MARLOW (2011)

Rucker's ambitious nearby tasting-menu project, Restaurant Connate. ❋ Unknown (2011)

However, the fish dishes are in sharp contrast to the generously portioned meat dishes: the single filet of petrale sole ($34) on our visit was on a tasting-menu portion of celery root puree, beets and a few mustard greens with a Meyer lemon beurre blanc. ❋ Michael Bauer (2010)

He's looking at a March opening date for the ambitious tasting-menu operation, which will open for dinner on a limited end-of-week schedule and feature local ingredients gleaned from area farms, producers and foraging. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Inn, is sticking with its regular menu and skipping the whole tasting-menu routine. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Beast, Naomi Pomeroy's meat-centric tasting-menu restaurant. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Muse, the higher-end, tasting-menu dining room; and the ❋ Unknown (2008)

Dave: [How did it go] with that [Belgian girl] you took home last night? Did you hit it? Anthony: Yeah, I hit it, actually she even gave me a full [tasting menu]! ❋ Lipbalmkwany (2009)