New Order: Hai Cenato’s gelato brioche

The dish: Warm brioche and salted caramel gelato sandwich at Hai Cenato, Jason Atherton’s new New York-Italian restaurant in Victoria (£6.50, Cardinal Place, 2 Sir Simon Milton Square, SW1, haicenato.co.uk). Hai Cenato takes the best of American and Mediterranean food and the result is mash-ups like this ice cream sarnie.

The USP: This is a sandwich of contrasts — cold and warm, smooth cream meets the texture of bread. It’s a generous portion, good for sharing and a refreshing way to round off a meal of small plates, handsome pizza, pasta or a nice bit of grilled fish. The restaurant’s name means “have you had dinner?” in Italian but all the food also works for lunch or a snack. If you are feeling abstemious, it does small cones of salted caramel or sour rhubarb and almond gelato (£3.50) so you can still get your sweet fix, all to a soundtrack of songs like Soul Flower by The Pharcyde — good music to eat ice cream too.

The drink: The restaurant’s sparkling Asti Spumante goes well with ice cream, or you could stroll across the square and round off your evening at Rail House Café with a Saffron Spritz (saffron-infused gin, rhubarb liqueur, Chandon rosé and tonic water) or Seoul Train cocktail (rum, Jinro 24, watermelon, lime and coriander) (8 Sir Simon Milton Square, SW1)

The accompaniment: Atherton has invited his chef friends to create guest pizzas — look out for Tom Kerridge, René Redzepi and Heston Blumenthal. There are hand-drawn caricatures of them on the walls too. There’s also a pasta room, where you can watch the masters at work.