A parfait is a cold sweet, usually in a tall glass, built in layers you can see: ice cream or a light frozen cream, then fruit, sauce, or biscuit, then another layer. That layered ice-cream-and-fruit glass is the picture most English menus give you.

A parfait is a cold sweet, usually in a tall glassParfait是一種冰涼的甜點，通常裝在高高的玻璃杯裡 built in layers you can see一層一層疊起來看得清清楚楚： ice cream or a light frozen cream, then fruit, sauce, or biscuit, then another layer冰淇淋或口感輕盈的冷凍鮮奶油，然後是水果、醬汁、或餅乾，再疊一層 That layered ice-cream-and-fruit glass is the picture most English menus give you那種一層冰淇淋、一層水果的高杯甜點畫面，是大部分英文菜單給你的印象

Though actually, the French word simply means “perfect,” and the older French parfait is a smooth frozen cream, more like a rich mousse, not always striped in a glass. English borrowed the French word as-is, without changing the spelling.

Though actually不過其實 the French word simply means “perfect,”這個法文字本來的意思就是「完美」 and the older French parfait is a smooth frozen cream, more like a rich mousse而比較早期的法式parfait是一種滑順的冷凍奶霜，比較像濃郁的慕斯 not always striped in a glass不一定裝在有層次的玻璃杯裡 English borrowed the French word as-is, without changing the spelling英文直接借用這個法文字，拼法完全沒改

In Taiwan cafés you will often meet the tall Japanese-style glass (ice cream, fruit, cereal, cream). It is a food word — shop and recipe language, not a formal word, and not the adjective perfect.

In Taiwan cafés you will often meet the tall Japanese-style glass在台灣的咖啡廳，你常常會遇到日式的高杯版本 (ice cream, fruit, cereal, cream)（冰淇淋、水果、穀片、鮮奶油） It is a food word這是一個食物用字 shop and recipe language, not a formal word店家和食譜會用的語言，不是正式用字 and not the adjective perfect也不是形容詞perfect