My first time in the QH&A for about twenty years was for a meeting of the Anthony Powell Society. AP ( as he is known to aficionados) was the author of the most enjoyable Roman fleuve of the twentieth century, A Dance to the Music of Time and his supporters are both and distinguished. Yet rarely dull.

But this is a restaurant review and not a Powell plug (good as his work is) and, strictly speaking, the Queen’s Head is a pub and not a restaurant. But I’d paid at the end so it comes within the rules.

It’s a bright room a short stroll from Euston with a tempting, Greek-slanted menu. Small plates and big plates. I felt like it was a big plate day and for a new thing to me, Papoutsakia. This turned out to be a roasted aubergine with a topping of meat, garlicky tomato sauce and cheese.

It was delicious but took an awfully long time to arrive. But they have an astute FoH team and wrath was avoided with a delivery of bread to munch on while I watched the others chomping down yummy looking anchovies, sausages, peppers and else stuff.

Mind you, I would have needed the bread as to my mind a topped aubergine, no matter how tasty, is not Lunch. It is Half a Lunch. So watch out fellow diners – maybe small plates is the way to go as they are about a third cheaper than the bigguns.

A nice pint of Black Sheep helped it down and we chatted of the mechanical sculpture on the Marquis of Chandos (me neither), the mystery of Murtlock v Murdock and any number of Powellian topics, plus Arnold Bennett.

7/10

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