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		<title>London’s new Ginstitute: Quench your thirst for knowledge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Laughinghouse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holding class in a pub is a guaranteed means of getting students to rock up - especially when the subject is gin, Amy Laughinghouse discovers.]]></description>
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		<title>Masters of Maraschino: The quest for the perfect Luxardo Maraschino cocktail</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dublo's been drinking again. Heavily.]]></description>
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		<title>Does French Harry know how to make a Martini?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week seven in Paris, it was time to check out the Martini situation in this city. Where to start? Harry&#8217;s New York Bar of course. A Paris institution, Harry&#8217;s was founded in 1911. This is apparently the world&#8217;s original Harry&#8217;s Bar, &#8216;birthplace of the Bloody Mary and other legendary cocktails&#8217;. So, one Friday night after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French cocktail chic: A fabulous night at the Curio Parlor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks in Paris and one group of bars had been recommended to us more than anywhere else: Curio in the 5th, Prescription in the 6th and the Experimental Cocktail Club in the 2nd. With a weakness for cocktails, we simply had to try them out. As it turned out, one of our colleagues has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Zuma-tastic farewell to London</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is it.  Not in the Michael Jackson sense.  But our farewell to London.  Three years, eleven months and eight days after arriving in the Big Smoke, we find ourselves once again, passport in hand at the Eurostar terminal.  In the intervening years, the terminal has of course moved from Waterloo to St Pancras.  Other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bond&#8217;s drink: Martini at Dukes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We thought we knew all about Martinis. As a founding member of the Dry Martini Club (DMC to its friends) we have spent the last four years researching, making, re-making and tasting Martinis. What more could we learn? As it turns out, quite a lot. And we&#8217;re going to share it all with you. Right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fabulous and flirty at Dean Street Townhouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you have a hot date in London town, you need to pick somewhere special. And in a city where you&#8217;re spoilt for choice, that could be any number of places. But for Mr Fling&#8217;s visit to London one venue stood out: the oh-so-cool Dean Street Townhouse in the heart of Soho. Owned by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing the Lovestruck cheat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 07:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we signed up to lovestruck.com we committed to go on six dates to give this thing a proper chance.  Date number four was due to be last week, with a certain Simon75.  A Derbyshire lad, he has been in London for ten years.  We emailed for a month or so and just as we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Lovestruck date with all the taboos at the National Portrait Gallery</title>
		<link>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2010/05/12/a-lovestruck-date-with-all-the-taboos-at-the-national-portrait-gallery/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-lovestruck-date-with-all-the-taboos-at-the-national-portrait-gallery</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 07:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say there are three topics you should avoid in polite company: religion, politics and money.  On our third Lovestruck date which lasted barely two hours, we tackled them all.  Ouch. It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in London.  Sri Lankan Ali, a software engineer with an interest in photography was charming on email and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends reunited at Belgo Centraal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 07:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lawyer, a lobbyist, a scientist, a banker and an IT guy met up on a Friday night. Well, that&#8217;s what we are now.  Back in 1994 we were class mates and frolicking teenagers.  We hadn&#8217;t seen each other in over ten years but through the wonders of Facebook we were in touch again and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun and games Spanish style at Shoreditch&#8217;s Pizza East</title>
		<link>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2010/04/14/fun-and-games-spanish-style-at-shoreditchs-pizza-east/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fun-and-games-spanish-style-at-shoreditchs-pizza-east</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where do you take five football-mad Spaniards for a Saturday night out in London?  Shoreditch.  And here&#8217;s why.  It&#8217;s not too young, not too old, it&#8217;s cosmopolitan without being touristy, edgy without being grubby.  It has everything; pubs, bars, restaurants and clubs.  And all within walking distance.  It was also the only place we could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A blind date at the Benugo Bar &amp; Kitchen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week on from our first Lovestruck date, it was time to meet date number 2.  Andy, a 31 year-old Englishman with a cat called Pandora, suggested meeting at the British Film Institute bar on the South Bank after work one Thursday.  We&#8217;d been emailing for a few weeks. The conversation was easy, relaxed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lovestruck? Beginners&#8217; guide to online dating at the Whisky Bar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently single, The Guide decided 2010 was the time to give online dating a go.  A year ago, we were handed a fun flyer in Westminster that announced: &#8220;I know someone who fancies you&#8221;.  Our curiosity was aroused. Lovestruck.com is the latest arrival on the online dating scene.  With sites for London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Singapore, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loosen up Tiger, meet us at Ping Pong</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Prodigal Fool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We take our martinis very seriously around here. Very. Seriously. Hell, Patito has practically devoted her blogging career and social life to tracking down the perfect specimen. And, when it comes to our favorite cocktail, we tend to think that it’s a case of “the simpler the better”. Ice-cold Grey Goose, a plump juicy olive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning 35 at La Meilleure Jeunesse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we were invited to a birthday party at La Meilleure Jeunesse one Saturday night we were keen to see how one particular 34 year-old was handling the transition to 35 &#8211; which as we all kept reminding him is, after all, half of 70. We were also curious to see how a (Belgian) restaurant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our ego takes a thrashing but our expectations are exceeded at Ping Pong</title>
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		<comments>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/10/26/our-ego-takes-a-thrashing-but-our-expectations-are-exceeded-at-ping-pong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Prodigal Fool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just returned from a couple of weeks in Hong Kong – including a lunch at the two Michelin starred BO Innovation – we are currently London’s most obnoxious, self-proclaimed dim sum experts. We can wax lyrical about the little parcels all day long. We are also, incidentally, the most frightful snobs and instinctively wary of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bedford &amp; Strand.  Yes please!</title>
		<link>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/10/21/bedford-strand-yes-please/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bedford-strand-yes-please</link>
		<comments>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/10/21/bedford-strand-yes-please/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We loved, loved, loved Bedford &#38; Strand! It&#8217;s difficult to put a finger on why exactly, but the combination of location, atmosphere, service, menu and company on the night certainly had something to do with it.  The evening started off in the fantastic Skylon bar above Festival Hall where a couple of (perfect) Martinis were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wahaca-ca-ca</title>
		<link>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/10/13/wahaca-ca-ca/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=wahaca-ca-ca</link>
		<comments>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/10/13/wahaca-ca-ca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[London has gone crazy for Mexican market eating.  Opened in 2007, there are now two Wahacas and a third is on the way in chain-mad Canary Wharf.  So, how do former Masterchef winner Thomasina Miers and business partner Mark Selby fare?  Well it took three attempts (damn those no reservations policies) but one Wednesday night [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz hands! Saturday night at Lena</title>
		<link>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/09/17/jazz-hands-saturday-night-at-lena/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=jazz-hands-saturday-night-at-lena</link>
		<comments>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/09/17/jazz-hands-saturday-night-at-lena/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stepping out of Old Street tube station, having boarded at Earls Court, culture shock set in.  Walking down the street, it was immediately obvious that the Guide was both too old and too uptight for this neighbourhood.  Effortless cool is what is required.  Heading down Great Eastern Street, the Guide tried not to react when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A cosmopolitan night at the perfectly British Hereford Road</title>
		<link>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/05/09/a-cosmopolitan-night-at-the-perfectly-british-hereford-road/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-cosmopolitan-night-at-the-perfectly-british-hereford-road</link>
		<comments>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/05/09/a-cosmopolitan-night-at-the-perfectly-british-hereford-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 14:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Englishman, a Scot and two Sicilians walk into a bar.  &#8220;Is called Blanket Beach Babylon, very Nottin&#8217; &#8216;ill&#8221;, Sicilian No.1 declared proudly.  The welcoming committee consisted of a heavily made up waitress in 7-inch heels and a stuffed white poodle with a feather boa around its neck.   In the corner, sat a Russian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perfect Martinis at Eight Over Eight</title>
		<link>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/05/02/perfect-martinis-at-eight-over-eight/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=perfect-martinis-at-eight-over-eight</link>
		<comments>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/05/02/perfect-martinis-at-eight-over-eight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 09:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A perfect Martini is a rare beast.  Trust us &#8211; we know what we&#8217;re talking about. Dirty, naked, we&#8217;ve tried them most ways and we know what we like.  So, imagine our delight when the barman at Eight Over Eight produced two perfect Martinis straight up: one for the lady (made with Bombay Sapphire) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mao Tai is past its prime</title>
		<link>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/04/12/mao-tai-is-past-its-prime/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mao-tai-is-past-its-prime</link>
		<comments>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/04/12/mao-tai-is-past-its-prime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Prodigal Fool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Chinese New Years ago, Saffy Girl and The Prodigal Fool used to enjoy the occasional dinner at Mao Tai together. These were special treats because Mao Tai has always been pricey but, back then, it used to be worth every penny. No longer. It’s still one of our locals and, truth be told, it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gilmour&#8217;s may be the perfect local restaurant</title>
		<link>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/04/11/gilmours-may-be-the-perfect-local-restaurant/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=gilmours-may-be-the-perfect-local-restaurant</link>
		<comments>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/04/11/gilmours-may-be-the-perfect-local-restaurant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Prodigal Fool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re hesitating to even write this review. You see, a gem like Gilmour’s is the sort of place you want to keep to yourself. The last thing we’d want is for the place to get drunk on its own success, start putting on airs and graces or, worse, be fully booked when we call to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Village East &#8211; SE1 at its best</title>
		<link>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/02/27/village-east-se1-at-its-best/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=village-east-se1-at-its-best</link>
		<comments>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/02/27/village-east-se1-at-its-best/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Village East is a bar and restaurant located along the quieter strip of Bermondsey Street.  For non-Londoners, that&#8217;s the south east of the city.  An unusual destination unless you live in the neighbourhood, this place is worth the detour. A simple facade belies the fun and games to be had inside this New York styled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An evening of duds at Loungelover</title>
		<link>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/02/19/a-dud-evening-at-loungelover/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-dud-evening-at-loungelover</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loungelover had been on our wishlist for a while, so when we were invited we jumped at the chance.   A hideout in Shoreditch with a reputation for cool, expectations were high.  Too high, perhaps. A table was booked for 6.30pm and we were asked to arrive promptly.  Our nervous host even called to let them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steaks Ahoy! Welcome to Hawksmoor</title>
		<link>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/02/14/steaks-ahoy-welcome-to-hawksmoor/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=steaks-ahoy-welcome-to-hawksmoor</link>
		<comments>http://www.theprodigalguide.com/2009/02/14/steaks-ahoy-welcome-to-hawksmoor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two things you need to know about steakhouses: they serve steak and they&#8217;re full of men.  Obvious, you might think, but it hadn&#8217;t dawned on us until half way through our meal.  Looking around the room, all we could see were whole tables, 6, 7, 10 men sitting around ribeye-ing each other&#8217;s plates [...]]]></description>
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