“People like to take photos,” a waiter confides as he points out Franca’s newest menu item,the duck crown a l’orange. “It’s meant for social media.” This whole duck dish is a proper scene stealer,one that’s paraded through the Franca dining room like a piped haggis before being carved tableside – though it’s hardly alone on a menu filled with luxurious items.

If you’re thinking champagne,lobster,caviar and a steak the size of a brontosaurus,Franca has it. The schmick restaurant also does a line in subtlety,such as coral trout with sauce vin jaune,served with a delicate,edible tulip stuffed with spanner crab.

Of the many showstoppers,however,the wine list is the biggest attraction,a hefty tome leaning heavily on top-end French producers,with Franca’s crack sommelier team on call to guide you through. As with the food though,don’t expect it to come cheap.

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