This chichi French palace features floral arrangements and wide-eyed foodies who gawk over plates of peekytoe crab and celery-root salad, foie gras terrine with gala apples and black truffle-crusted lobster - and that's just the first course.

A seasonal salad with roasted apples, candied pecans and sun-dried cranberries in a Dijon-walnut vinaigrette was another crowd pleaser, as was a sweet potato soup garnished with gala apples, cinnamon smoked quail and crème fraîche.