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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
David Ellis

Lutyens Grill: When life throws you a zigzag, head straight here

Review at a glance: ★★★★☆

Metaphors emerge in the unlikeliest of places. One presented itself in an Uber last week when a headstrong driver ignored the obvious route between Northwick Park Hospital and our flat and instead burrowed Brent’s backstreets on a circuitous tour of potholes. I felt like I’d been chauffeured home in a cocktail shaker. That’s life, I thought: a zigzag in the back of a cab driven by a madman.

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