Menus
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Types of menus
The type of menu is based on a number
of factors:
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Time of day
Type of client
Price range
Occasion
Style of food
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What is a menu?
A menu is a bill of fare offering a variety
of food items for eating
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Menus
There are a number of basic types of
menus
• À la carte
• Tablé d’hôte
• Cyclical
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À la carte
• Individually priced
items of which the
customer decides
what he/she is going
to eat
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Table d’hôte
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A set menu
Choice of dishes
Set number of courses
For a fixed price per
person
Occasions:
• Lunch menu
• Dinner menu
• Banquet menu
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Cyclical menu
• A menu which repeats itself over a period of
time
• Used primarily for nutritional value and
dietary requirements
e.g. hospitals catering, school meals and
industrial canteens
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Example of a Cyclic menu
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Other menu type
• A small à la carte menu which can
change frequently and each dish is
individually priced
• Usually associated with fine dining
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Other types and styles of menus
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Bistro menu
Fine dining menu
Banqueting menu
Breakfast menu
Early bird menu
Bar menu
Snack menu
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Bistro menu
• An à la carte style
menu served
within a certain
style of
establishment and
style of food
• Generally
inexpensive with
speed and style of
service being more
informal
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Banqueting
menus
• Set menus
• For large
numbers
• Table d’hôte in
style
• Limited choice
of dishes at
each course
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Breakfast
menus
• à la carte or
table d’hôte
style depending
on the
establishment
• Buffet-style is
very popular
• In England and
Ireland there is
still a tradition of
a fully cooked
breakfast
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Early-bird menu
• Primarily
promotional
menus
• Served at off-peak
times e.g. pretheatre meals,
between 5-7pm
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Bar menu
• Limited à la carte style
menus
• Served in pubs and
bars at peak times
• Generally consists of
local favourites
• Served at reasonable
prices
• Uses many
convenience foods
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Snack menus
• Found in many
small cafes
• A variety of snacks
which
• Served throughout
the day
• Includes
sandwiches,
drinks etc.
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