The menu at Moto changes frequently. A typical ten- to twenty-course tasting menu at Moto begins with an edible menu. Often, guests will be encouraged to crunch the menu itself up and add it to a bowl of gazpacho to create "alphabet soup." One of the restaurant's hallmarks is the use of edible paper. The soy- and cornstarch-based parchment with vegetable juice as ink is typically used in two to three courses each night. Often an edible photograph accompanies a dish, such as a photo of a cow flavored to taste like filet mignon. Explaining his use of the paper in 2005, Cantu remarked "Gastronomy has to catch up to the evolution in technology" and said he was attempting to change preconceived notions of what food is. Moto customers are "sick and tired of steak and eggs", he said. "They're tired of just going to a restaurant, having food placed on the table, having it cleared, and there's no more mental input into it other than the basic needs of a caveman, just eat and nourish ... there's so much more we can do."