The heavenly French 'mille-feuille'......Ooh-Aahs K J S Chatrath

 

I am a self-professed Francophile but I find the brouhaha over 'French Cuisine' to be highly over rated. One has to compare it with innumerable ways of Indian cuisine to find its limitations. 

However to be even-handed I find French pastries to be just heavenly. Take for example a mille-feuille. Literally meaning  'thousand-sheets' it is also known by the names Napoleon in North America, vanilla slice in the United Kingdom, and custard slice.

 It is a French dessert made of puff pastry layered with pastry cream. Its modern form was influenced by improvements made by Marie-Antoine Careme.  (Source: Wikipedia)