How do I direct link a view to a taxonomy menu?
If I understand well your question, I think that you can show your menu with the Expose Filter fature of Views:

first add the filter related with your taxonomy:



then select the type of your menu (for example: dropdown) to expose:



and finally, you can expose these filter to visitors, to allow them to select terms to see just the content related:



I hope I have understood, and that information be useful. Here is an example of the view with results according a selection: