The Rise and Demise of the Tasting Menu

The age of ordering what you want is ending

Once upon a time restaurants offered customers what they wanted. Today you get what chefs want.

Introduction

The evolution of the fixed menu dates back to the dawn of time as cavemen, medeival cooks and chefs produced meals for their tribes, villagers medeival courts and hungry travelers. This was followed by the sequential menu and finally the rise of to…