Star ofWales

The Star of Wales has served Cowbridge Road East since 1987, with the same family and the same head chef in the kitchen throughout. The dining room keeps a traditional layout, with a bar area where takeaway customers wait for orders rather than crowding the entrance. Every dish is cooked to order rather than held on a steam tray, from Punjabi-style karahi to milder korma, and the kitchen will adapt spice levels or make dishes not printed on the menu. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options run through the whole card rather than sitting in a separate section. It is one of Canton's longest-standing curry houses, valued locally less for reinvention than for consistency: regulars order the same dish for decades and expect it to arrive exactly as before.