Chinese menu

English Etymology From the practice of some Chinese restaurants which, for a fixed price, instruct the customer to make selections such as “one from Column A, two from Column B, one from Column C”, where the columns may contain, for example, a selection of soups, appetizers, and entrees. Noun A set of choices from which the user or customer makes multiple selections, specifically one or more choices from each of two or more distinct categories. en Each camper picked from a Chinese menu of available activities: one from the various field sports; one from the pool activities list; and two from a wide selection of arts and crafts classes. en 1994 Philip G. Altbach; Robert Oliver Berdahl; Patricia J. Gumport Higher education in American society Throughout American higher education, Western Civilization courses tempered electives and various Chinese menus of distribution requirements. en 1997 Samuel M. Natale; Mark B. Fenton Business Education and Training 92 Many people who consider themselves to be liberally educated have undertaken study in half a dozen fields from a Chinese menu of subjects. en 2011 Kenneth O'Reilly Holy Cow 2000: The Strange Election of George W. Bush Cheney's man, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, reportedly tried to force a “Chinese menu” of even wilder assertions into the first draft of the UN speech. en Chinese menu See also en a little from column A, a little from column B