À la carte À la carte In restaurants, à la carte is the practice of ordering individual dishes from a menu in a restaurant, as opposed to "table d'hôte", where a set menu is offered. It is an early 19th century loan from French meaning "according to the menu". The individual dishes to be ordered may include side dishes, or the side dishes may be offered separately, in which case, they are also considered "à la carte". The earliest examples of "à la carte" are from 1816 for the adjectival use ("à la carte meal", for example) and from 1821 for the adverbial
Musique a la Carte Musique a la Carte Musique a la Carte (French for "Music from the Menu") is an album released by Kokia, on September 15, 2010. It is an album composed entirely of covers of songs by Western artists. Of the 13 songs on the album, 8 were already released before the album in Kokia's discography. The earliest, "Moonlight Shadow," was released in 2002 on Kokia's single "Ningen tte Sonna Mono ne." Four are from Kokia's 2008 10th anniversary projects "" and "Christmas Gift", and three are B-sides from the 'life trilogy' of digital singles released prior to her 2010 studio album