Tucked away in a back alley in Pahurat, Royal India’s cramped tables and harsh lighting are hardly inviting to the uninitiated. Yet for years the restaurant has been serving some of the most consistently delicious Northern Indian food in Bangkok. Looking for a light meal? Turn on your heels, because here they cook in true grandmother style—plenty of cream and ghee. For roughly a third less of what it’ll cost you in the city, you get true homemade lip-smacking good Punjabi recipes. Their chicken makhani with garlic naan is a killer combination. No corkage.