Types of Menu

• Ala Carte Menu - is a food menu with dishes separately priced.
• Dessert - sweet food eaten after the main part of a meal.
• Breakfast menu - fairly standardized menu that includes juices, cereals, eggs to order, breakfasts meats like bacon, sausages, or ham, waffles, or pancakes.
• Menu - also known as virtual centerpiece of any food business.
• Appetizer - a small dish of food serves before the main part.
• Table d'hote menu - offers limited sets of dishes for certain meal at fixed price.
• Set menu - offers menu of a particular meal of the day or occasion as predetermined by food establishments. e.g Valentine's Day, Chrsitmas Day.
• Salad - a mixture of raw green vegetables combined usually with a dressing and served cold.
• Selective menu - offers choices of beverage and desserts for a set of entree under a fixed price.
• California menu - features items for breakfast, lunch and dinner that are offered throughout the day.
• Soup - a food made by cooking vegetables, meat, or fish in a large amount of liquid.
• Potage - a thick soup
• Consomme - a clear soup that is usually made with seasoned meat.
• Fixed menu - offers menu for different occasions predetermined by the client.
• Main Course - is the featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. Consist mostly protein dishes.
• Cycle menu - is a food menu with a list of different menus per meal for each day in a week or different menu for each day or different menu for each week in a month and is repeated in another period of time.
• Dinner menu - has a larger and elongated serving portion for guest to have more time and leisure for eating.
• Degustation menu - known as "chef's tasting menu" this type "showcase the chef's flair for combining flavor and textures".
• Tourist menu - offers choices of foods usually displayed noticeable by places for tourist' visual convinience.
• Semi ala carte - a menu where an entree accompanied by standards components.
• Du Jour menu - "means of the day" is a food menu that changes on a daily basis based on the seasonality of food.
• Static menu - a permanent food menu rarely updated and commonly found in fast food establishments.
• Prix Fixe menu - is a food that offers several courses for one-fixed price.