Cantonese cooking is the backbone of London's Chinatown, the Soho grid of restaurants that has fed the city since the 1960s. Joy King Lau and Four Seasons, the latter long famous for its roast duck, are Chinatown fixtures, while Duck and Rice nearby gives the tradition a more polished pub-and-dining-room setting.
Alan Yau's Cantonese gastropub on Berwick Street in Soho London, opened 2015 in the former Endurance pub, runs Cantonese dim sum and a late kitchen serving.
OrderLate Cantonese dim sum
TipThe upstairs dining room takes bookings; the downstairs pub-and-bar walks in any night. Closed half an hour 16:00-16:30 daily.
Joy King Lau on Leicester Street in Chinatown London, trading since 1985 as a four-floor Cantonese family restaurant, runs roast meats, congee and dim sum.
OrderCantonese roast meats and dim sum
TipWalk-in any night for the takeaway counter at the front. The roast goose with rice is the marquee plate at £18.
Four Seasons on Gerrard Street in Chinatown London, trading since 1996, runs the city's most-cited Cantonese roast duck, served whole or half with plum sauce.
OrderCantonese roast duck
TipWalk-in any night. Take-away roast duck is half the dining-room price. The Queensway Bayswater sibling runs the same kitchen.
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