Filet mingion in kosher restaurants

[mringelheim]

Any foodies know if kosher restaurants in us serve real filet?  I was always told they don't do it in us but my friend says they have on menu in high class places.  I checked reserve cut and it says filet mingion with quotes around it- I am not sure if that means it's fake or just because it's a French word.

[Torkay]

Quotes probably means it’s fake. Most American butchers call tournedos filet minion. In Israel there is usually an asterisks next to the item on the menu to show that they are using a piece of mean from the hind quarters

[skyguy918]

Any foodies know if kosher restaurants in us serve real filet?  I was always told they don't do it in us but my friend says they have on menu in high class places.  I checked reserve cut and it says filet mingion with quotes around it- I am not sure if that means it's fake or just because it's a French word.

Apparently it's not specifically kosher meat that has this issue:

The tenderloin runs along both sides of the spine, and is usually harvested as two long snake-shaped cuts of beef. The tenderloin is sometimes sold whole. When sliced along the short dimension, creating roughly round cuts, and tube cuts, the cuts (fillets) from the small forward end are considered to be filet mignon. Those from the center are tournedos; however, some butchers in the United States label all types of tenderloin steaks "filet mignon." In fact, the shape of the true filet mignon may be a hindrance when cooking, so most restaurants sell steaks from the wider end of the tenderloin - it is both cheaper and much more presentable.

[noturbizniss]

Apparently it's not specifically kosher meat that has this issue:

Tournedos is barely available kosher in US as it is part of short loin.
A couple places to sell it, http://bisrakosher.com/ is one. Not sure of the hashgacha

[Torkay]

Some butcher shops call center rib “filet mignon”

[noturbizniss]

Some butcher shops call center rib “filet mignon”

The better ones call it "mock filet mignon"
Let's not even get started on made up jewish cuts. Kolichel. Brick/French roast. London Broil. STEW MEAT! CHULENT MEAT!

[ChaimMoskowitz]

I feel your pain. 

[ushdadude]

Kosher filet mignon almost always comes from the ribs. It's also called medallion. It's basically the rib eye from the upper ribs

[moish]

London Broil.

not a jewish cut

[noturbizniss]

not a jewish cut

Most non Jewish butchers don't sell that as a specific cut. It's a cooking method

[mringelheim]

Thanks all. So all said and done do you guys think the real thing is sold in a restaurant here.  We got a waygu cow down here in Texas and had a shochet who knows how to cut out the tenderloin (nikkur) and I wanted to know if there is a high end version I can compare it to

[ushdadude]

Thanks all. So all said and done do you guys think the real thing is sold in a restaurant here.  We got a waygu cow down here in Texas and had a shochet who knows how to cut out the tenderloin (nikkur) and I wanted to know if there is a high end version I can compare it to

Doubt it. I don't think any major american hechsherim allow nikkur. OU definitely doesn't