Jade Garden II

Valparaiso just doesn't have any edible Chinese food! After reading the reviews and talking with some locals I figured I had to try the Jade Garden. WHAT A LET DOWN!!!! We ordered Kung-Pow Chicken, Sesame Chicken, Orange Chicken, Pork Lo Mein, Fried Rice and Egg Rolls. ALL entrees were soggy and had a light hint of rotten gym sock. The egg roll was edible and the steamed rice was good, but honestly, how could you mess up rice? I love good Chinese food and I hate this place... Don't waste your time or hard earned cash.

Fairly decent Chinese food, probably the best in Valpo, if you stay away from the standard American-Chinese restaurant dishes.

I recommend the Singapore rice noodles. It is called "hot Singapore chao mai" on the menu, but it isn't very spicy.  It is tasty, not at all oily, and a healthy meal all by iteslf. Another reliably good choice is the Mapo Tofu.

They also make some decent yuxiang dishes. If you ask they will make a good vegetarian yuxiang tofu.

Have not tried to ask for Cantonese dishes, as another reviewer suggested. But I do know that at least some of the staff, who all come in every day from Chicago Chinatown, speak Cantonese.

Best Chinese in the area.  WONDERFUL egg rolls and the soup.  Oh, the chicken rice soup rocks my world.