Jia No.18 Stowell Street

Jia No.18 Stowell Street is a wonderful restaurant with great interior decoration. As a Chinese person I can highly recommend it to people as a place to go for good value, large portion sizes and a nice atmosphere.
This restaurant was opened at June 8^th, 2011 and is situated in No.18 Stowell Street in Newcastle’s China town. Importantly, it has a convenient car park. You will usually see a number of Chinese people dining there, which is a good sign that this is one of the best Chinese food restaurants in Newcastle.

There is no particular style of food that they specialise in, it is just authentic "Chinese" food including Sichuan style dishes, home style selections and Cantonese style dishes. Recently Pekingese dishes have been added to the already extensive menu. Ever since, this restaurant includes almost all the styles of China mashed together to form a highly diverse menu.

No. 18’s specialties are Spicy Hot Poached Fish Fillet, Chicken with Dry Red Chili and Pepper (both Szechuan style dishes), Sizzling Seafood with Japanese Tofu and Cantonese Style Roast Duck (both Cantonese style dishes). I tried a range of these specialties and therefore can assure you that they are all really delicious.

Spicy Hot Poached Fish Fillet (水煮鱼)

Spicy Hot Poached Fish Fillet is my personal favourite. It costs just £9.50 for a big portion. This is a traditional and authentic Chinese dish from Sichuan province, so it is rather hot and spicy. However, this is no mistake of the restaurant at all, but rather how Sichuan food is supposed to be. If it wasn't hot and spicy then it would not be Sichuan!

There is also a variety of drinks - I would highly recommend trying the Red Bean Flavoured Milk Tea (£2.95) and Taiwanese Milk Tea with Tapioca Pearls (£2.80), the most popular beverages during the summer season.

The service at No.18 is nice enough and the prices are reasonable for what is on offer especially given the generous size. It would probably make sense to order a few dishes to share to begin with and add more if needed.

No. 18 Stowell Street is a great option on the list of fabulous restaurants available in Newcastle upon Tyne. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone as long as they continue to serve food as good as this.