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chocolate on Broadwick Street."},{"s":"knoops-chelsea","c":"desserts","n":"Knoops Chelsea","a":"Chelsea","y":51.489353,"x":-0.163825,"v":"Hot chocolate ordered by cocoa percentage, on the King's Road."},{"s":"knoops-covent-garden","c":"desserts","n":"Knoops Covent Garden","a":"Covent Garden","y":51.511007,"x":-0.126639,"v":"Hot chocolate ordered by cocoa percentage, on the lane behind the Coliseum."},{"s":"knoops-kensington","c":"desserts","n":"Knoops Kensington","a":"Kensington","y":51.501934,"x":-0.191453,"v":"Hot chocolate ordered by cocoa percentage, open from half past six in the morning."},{"s":"knoops-notting-hill","c":"desserts","n":"Knoops Notting Hill","a":"Notting Hill","y":51.515971,"x":-0.20516,"v":"Hot chocolate ordered by cocoa percentage, at the top of Portobello Road."},{"s":"konditor","c":"desserts","n":"Konditor","a":"Waterloo","y":51.504162,"x":-0.110284,"v":"The Waterloo shop where Gerhard Jenne started in 1993, and still where the Curd Pie comes 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