mille-feuille

noun

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French mille-feuille (literally “a thousand sheets”). Doublet of milfoil. Compare Spanish milhojas.

1. 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.”