Try the warm Valrhona chocolate cake with malted-milk-ball ice cream.

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Beat each ice cream occasionally until frozen (Strong alcohol usage will prevent the ice cream from freezing solid.) This presentation is served with sugar-glazed sponge cake with almond flakes.

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Here, cool young things eat from a brief, weekly-changing menu (vividly green foraged herb soup, almond cake with spruce ice cream) under a vaulted, peeling ceiling.

BBC: Postcard from Helsinki, Finland

For dessert, try coconut invasion (coconut layer cake, mango ice cream and warm chocolate sauce).l La Ripaille--605 Hudson St.

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