régal

treat, culinary delight

“Ici, c'est le rendez-vous des gourmets de l'intelligence, qui préfèrent à la satisfaction de la vulgaire gourmandise le régal de l’esprit.” — This is the meeting place for gourmets of intelligence, who prefer the delight of the mind to the satisfaction of vulgar gluttony.

Inherited from Middle French regal, from Old French rigale, from Old French gale, from galer (“to enjoy oneself”) with a prefix borrowed from rigoler.