New Asia Restaurant is a Hardy Street dining room serving lunch and dinner in central Nelson. Guests may dine at a table, pick up their food or use delivery, while the licensed and BYO service makes a seated meal easy to shape around the occasion. Its format combines a self-service smorgasbord with a much wider menu cooked to order, giving diners two distinct ways to approach the kitchen.
The smorgasbord presents more than a dozen dishes for customers who want to see and combine their choices quickly. It suits a concise lunch or a mixed plate without requiring a full table order. The a la carte side is more expansive, carrying the restaurant's Chinese and Cantonese cooking into soups, spring rolls, dumplings, noodles and rice as well as dedicated meat, seafood and vegetable selections.
Several popular dishes show the menu's practical, familiar appeal. Sweet and sour pork sits beside combination fried rice containing chicken, beef and pork, while stir-fried noodles supply another complete base. Chicken can be ordered with lemon or sweet and sour sauce, and beef with black bean sauce and vegetables adds a savoury stir-fry option with more emphasis on greens.
Roast duck and seafood give the kitchen additional depth beyond the everyday favourites, with scallops among the seafood choices and separate pork, beef, chicken and vegetable dishes supporting a shared dinner. Diners can assemble a traditional progression from soup or dumplings into several central plates, or keep the meal simple with noodles or fried rice. That flexibility is central to New Asia's combined restaurant and takeaway format.
Address: 279 Hardy Street, Nelson, Nelson Region 7010, New Zealand
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