PLACES TO CHILL OUT

Indigo

One Aldwych, London WC2 (0171-300 1000)

Cracked black-pepper ice cream served with warmed fresh pineapple and drizzled with honey is 's speciality, and comes at the cool cost of pounds 5.50

Cafe Milan

312-314 King's Road, London SW3

Ice cream can be eaten in or taken away at this new retail outlet next to the Italian restaurant. A weekly changing selection of less typical flavours will supplement Cafi Milan's permanent menu of more usual ones.

1 Lombard Street

London EC3 (0171-929 6611)

This new City restaurant (open for lunch and dinner, Monday to Friday), serves a mouthwatering combination of caramelised granny smiths with Guinness ice cream and glazed hazelnuts for pounds 8.

Sonnys

94 Church Road, Barnes, London SW13 (0181-748 0393)

This hugely popular local restaurant serves liquorice ice cream with Tia Maria and caramel sauce for pounds 4.50

Simply Heathcotes

Jacksons Rd, Deansgate, Manchester (0161-835 3536)

Simply Heathcotes started off with Boddingtons ice cream, but has since changed breweries. Next year they're introducing a Manchester Smoothie ice cream, a beer parfait made for Thwaites Manchester Smoothie.

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