Royal China (Harrow-on-the-Hill)

You're walking up Station Road past the usual high street chaos, and Royal China just sits there doing its thing—no fuss, no Instagram theatre. This is the kind of place where locals actually eat, where the dim sum trolley comes round with har gau that aren't gummy, and the kitchen knows what it's doing with a wok. It's been here long enough that Harrow's got used to proper food, and the place rewards that loyalty with consistent Cantonese cooking that doesn't apologise for itself. Come for lunch when the dim sum's on full rotation, or evening when the kitchen's firing on all cylinders.