Years ago, Chinese food menus were formatted as column A and column B. In a standard order, you might select items from both columns. This is also the origin of the phrase, “a little from column A, a little from column B.” Those menus aren’t really in use anymore. So using the terminology “Chinese menu” as a verb can confuse your coworkers.
But you may still want to talk about combining elements from multiple options to form a final product. Here are a few options to try out:
- Mix and match
- Hodgepodge
- Fuse
- Merge
- Hybrid
- Mixture
- Amalgamation
- Mélange
- Medley
- Patchwork
- Composite
- Frankenstein (negative connotation, for deterrence)