page_title: Small plates
hierarchical_section_title: Small plates
caption_attribution_description: English: Tray of Turkish Meze starters for show. Photographed in the Lido Restaurant in Adalar on Büyükada island. Deutsch: Tablett mit türkischen Vorspeisen Meze zum Vorzeigen, um die Bestellung zu erleichtern. Fotografiert im Lido Restaurant in Adalar auf Büyükada.
context_page_description: Small plates is a manner of dining that became popular in US food service after 2000. Small plates may either refer to small dishes resembling appetizers which are ordered à la carte and often shared, or to the small courses served as part of a more formal meal.
  Some types of small plates which have influenced the modern US concept are:
  Tapas, a wide variety of appetizers in Spanish cuisine
  Mezze, a wide variety of appetizers in Turkish cuisine, and sometimes in Greek cuisine
  Antipasti and cicchetti in Italian cuisine
  Banchan, in Korean cuisine
  The small and usually shared dishes served at an izakaya, a Japanese pub
  The pu pu platter of Hawaiian cuisine
  Zakuski in Russian cuisine
context_section_description: Small plates is a manner of dining that became popular in US food service after 2000. Small plates may either refer to small dishes resembling appetizers which are ordered à la carte and often shared (such as tapas), or to the small courses served as part of a more formal meal.
  Some types of small plates which have influenced the modern US concept are:
  Tapas, a wide variety of appetizers in Spanish cuisine
  Mezze, a wide variety of appetizers in Turkish cuisine, and sometimes in Greek cuisine
  Antipasti and cicchetti in Italian cuisine
  Banchan, in Korean cuisine
  The small and usually shared dishes served at an izakaya, a Japanese pub
  The pu pu platter of Hawaiian cuisine
  Zakuski in Russian cuisine
caption: Meze on display in Adalar, Turkey
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