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/miːlˈfɔɪ/ · noun
A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar..
“Into French food we try to put Japanese techniques, and the traditional Japanese artistic feeling,” Mr. [Susumu] Fukui said. […] Here, mille-feuille is not a flaky pastry confection but layered slices of sashimi in a traditional French vinaigrette.
Use mille-feuille when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mille-feuille means A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar..
Common synonyms include Napoleon cake, Napoleon pastry, napoleon.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Into French food we try to put Japanese techniques, and the traditional Japanese artistic feeling,” Mr. [Susumu] Fukui said. […] Here, mille-feuille is not a flaky pastry confection but layered slices of sashimi in a traditional French vinaigrette.
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