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eye fillet (plural eye fillets)

  1. (Australia) Filet mignon; beef tenderloin.
    • 2002, Paul Smitz, Tasmania, page 134:
      It serves seafood, but it's the porterhouse and eye fillets that jump off the plates here.
    • 2010, Jane Kennedy, OMG! I Can Eat That?: Indulgent Food Minus the Boombah, unnunbered page:
      And naturally, as the meat is the hero in the dish, please use only the VERY best eye fillet steak you can manage and keep refrigerated until the very moment you′re about to use it.
    • 2011, Gabriel Gaté, Antonia Pesenti, Taste Le Tour: Regional French Cuisine, Hardie Grant Books, page 74:
      Eye Fillet Steak with Béarnaise Sauce