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      <news:title><![CDATA[Big Kid Ice Cream to open new soft-serve concept Whippies at Seven Dials Market ]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Talli Queen is the latest venture from Shashidhara, whose Fitzrovia restaurant Pahli Hill earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand within its first year.]]></image:caption>
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