The best Chinese food in Eugene (remember, it’s a relative term, since almost all Chinese food in Eugene is terrible) can be found at Jade Palace. They also have some terrible “idiot dishes” for the fixed-income elders that frequent there, but they also have a good number of delicious and quite authentic Chinese dishes. Again, not great, but definitely good. It’s location is not ideal for the international students at UO, but a quick bike ride will solve that problem.

As for their business surviving a decade (true?), they can survive because they have very low overhead. I have never seen any employees working there. They don’t need much space inside because they store boxes of food ingredients in the van that they park outside the store everyday. Plus it appears the old couple live in the back of the space so they probably feel they are saving money on rent. That said, the food is terrible low low quality. Yes, low-income Chinese students (mainly from mainland China) eat there because they lack money and/or are homesick for Chinese food and will eat anything even slightly similar to it.