signature dish
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- noun
- /ˈsɪɡnətʃər dɪʃ/
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plato emblemático
- The restaurant has a preset menu to choose from, with seven signature dishes.
- one of the signature dishes
- menu of signature dishes
- restaurant's signature dish
Examples
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"After eating my way across North Dakota during one week in the summer of 2001, I can attest that buffalo burgers are prominent on restaurant menus, often positioned as a signature dish."
Academic text (2003) -
Rice dumplings and oyster omelets are the city's signature dishes.
Blog text (10) -
What was going to be your signature dish?
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This is our signature dish.
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We want to see your signature dish, your personality on that plate.
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Burgers were my mom's signature dish.
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"It has actually become one of our signature dishes," says Nicki Lawson, Operations Manager at Sage.
Blog text (4) -
You knew Antonio's signature dish was his wild mushroom risotto, so what did you do?
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SLOWIK: So, here you have house-smoked Bresse chicken thigh al pastor and our own tortillas made with heirloom masa, -one of Hawthorn's signature dishes.
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At Vedge, one of our signature dishes is an eggplant braciole.
Synonyms
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A dish a restaurant is known for and makes very well
A dish that shows a chef's personal cooking style
A dish a chef cooks very well and that people often order
How Distinctive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'signature' (distinctive or identifying) with 'dish' (a culinary item), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a chef or restaurant's characteristic specialty. This compositional pattern is common and predictable across languages, making the expression immediately comprehensible from its parts.
Etymology
The phrase signature dish comes from the idea of a chef's signature — a personal mark — on a dish they do best. So it means 'the dish the chef or restaurant is known for'.