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omnino steakhouse
Set in the corporate district of London surrounded by city slickers and impressive suits sits Omnino Steakhouse. All gleaming glass and dark moody leather interiors this place screams luxury, yet despite the astute and wealthy neighbourhood within which it sits, Omnino is far from the stuffy show restaurant you might first expect. Inside there’s a...
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Sometimes you just need to get out of London, so last weekend my date and I decided to sample Bristol. Friends had been raving about the shopping, restaurants, bars and nightlife, so it sounded perfect for my 48 hours out of London. On a recommendation I had booked the Hotel du Vin, a small chain of...
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cherub
As cliché as this blog post may be I’m a sucker for romance, and writing about romantic date ideas for Valentine’s day is a blogging dream for me. But, no matter how many of these 25 ideas for Valentine’s Day posts I read online, I never seem to come across anything that gives couples ideas for...
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Approximately six months ago my boyfriend Cameron dropped a bombshell on me. He decided he was going to become a vegetarian. Now while this might not sound something worthy of bombshell proportions, let me explain. Cam is, or was, a carnivore. He ate his steak blue, he would never cut the fat off anything and...
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If you have Instagram, or live in the world, you will know that the latest trend in the food realm is to go green. It’s all wheatgrass shots and chi seed pudding these days. The mantra is ‘you are what you eat’ and if you’re not chowing down of a raw vegan diet and waking up...
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friends
With social media at our fingertips wherever we go, it can seem strange that our online friends don’t always equate to real life relationships. As people move apart for various reasons and lose touch, many of us can start to feel isolated by the fact that we don’t have any real friends to simply hang out with. Nobody ever...
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As you all know it’s the big V day on Saturday. Some of you may be excited, expecting that big bunch of roses to surprise you at work, or some of you may already have romantic evening plans booked months in advance. And then there are those who will bury their heads in the sand...
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Entering the world of Heston Blumenthal is like entering Willy Wonka’s infamous chocolate factory. His eclectic, adventurous and scientifically perfect gourmet vision never fails to capture his diners imaginations, and has made him one of the most renowned chefs Britain has to offer. His black framed specs are as iconic as his food, so when...
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For me, there’s a new foodie craze on the block. Forget your Italian, be gone dehydrated scientific Blumenthal style plates and see you later sushi. Let’s go back to something more traditional, something easy to grab-and-go for lunch or something sophisticated to share for dinner: dim sum. Dim sum are traditional to Chinese cuisine and...
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This week, as London endured yet another tube strike, I found myself getting stuck in the most uninspiring places. Tube undergrounds, train platforms and in the middle of a penguin like huddles. I wasn’t a fan and I’m sure many of you who had similar experiences would agree. But it got me thinking. Where would...
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