Asian Pearl

Asian Pearl is a family-run pan-Asian restaurant at the northeast corner of 119th Street and Ridgeview Road in Olathe, open since the spring of 2010. In July 2025 its founding owners announced it would close because the lease was ending — and then it didn’t: a new owner, Jin Wang, took over the space and the name by September, kept the entire staff and the menu, and added Tuesday service. The menu is American-Chinese at its core (General Tso’s, orange chicken, honey walnut shrimp, Mongolian beef) with excursions into Korean daeji bulgogi, XO tofu, salt-and-pepper head-on shrimp, udon and Singapore mei fun, and a gluten-friendly section.

Description

Asian Pearl sits in a strip center at 119th and Ridgeview in west Olathe, a few blocks east of K-7. Its own description: “a family-owned and operated restaurant … committed to offering you the most memorable dining experience,” serving “fresh, delicious Asian cuisine … in a comfortable setting surrounded by original artwork, bamboo, and comfortable seating,” with a chef who “has more than 30 years of experience.”¹ The Johnson County Post has described it as “locally owned” and “Asian fusion,” and the restaurant itself calls the menu “Pan-Asian, with influences from multiple Asian cultures.”²³

The menu reads accordingly. A Specialties section carries the American-Chinese standards — General Tso’s, orange, sesame and honey walnut chicken or shrimp, triple delight, house pan-fried noodles — and a Traditional Favorites section covers sweet and sour, yu xiang, Hunan, kung pao, curry and moo shu.⁴ Around them are Korean daeji bulgogi (spicy barbecue pork), XO tofu and shrimp in preserved-seafood sauce, black pepper beef, Beijing shrimp, a seafood tofu pot, salt-and-pepper squid and head-on shrimp, mapo tofu, Cantonese chow mein, Singapore-style mei fun, udon, pad thai and a crab meat and fish maw soup.⁴ There are gluten-friendly, “healthy mix & match” and kids’ sections; customers on the restaurant’s own review feed single out the gluten-free options, the Sichuan eggplant and the beef stew noodle soup.⁴¹ Lunch platters run Monday–Friday 11 to 3 with soup, an egg roll or rangoon, and rice.⁴

Press in 2025 named the crowd favorites as sesame chicken, Mongolian beef, honey walnut shrimp, moo shu pork, crab rangoon, orange chicken and green pepper beef.²⁵³

Ownership and history

Asian Pearl opened in spring 2010 at 18138 W. 119th St. and ran for fifteen years under its founding owners, who are not named in any press coverage found.² The business’s online-ordering site describes it as “family-owned and operated,” and a customer review on the same site describes “the lady and gentleman that I always see working there (maybe the owners?)” — consistent with an owner-operated couple, though which ownership era the review describes is unclear.¹

In July 2025 the restaurant announced on social media that it would close, “citing the upcoming end of the restaurant’s lease” — “Your support has meant the world to us, and we are deeply grateful for every visit, smile, and story over the years.”²⁵ The Kansas City Star reported the closure on July 17 and the Johnson County Post on July 29; neither carried a closing date, and the restaurant remained open in the meantime.⁵²

By early September the story had reversed. Jin Wang had taken over the restaurant and, the Post reported on September 2, 2025, would keep it open: “The staff are all staying. We’ll keep the same name, same restaurant menu, everything’s the same,” Wang said, while planning “exciting enhancements ahead.”³ The Star ran the same news under the headline “Johnson County’s Asian Pearl will stay open under new owner.”⁶ One immediate change: the restaurant, which had closed on Tuesdays, went to seven-day service — Monday–Thursday 11–9, Friday–Saturday 11–10, Sunday noon–9 — hours that still hold a year later.³¹ Wang’s background and prior ventures are not described in the coverage.

The lease question that prompted the 2025 closure announcement — whether Wang signed a new lease at the same address, and on what term — is not addressed in any source found.

Links

• Website: https://www.orderasianpearl.com/
• Menu / online ordering (official): https://www.orderasianpearl.com/order
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsianPearlKC/

Menu

Last verified: 2026-08-28 · Source: the restaurant’s own online-ordering menu at orderasianpearl.com/order · Confidence: High for items and base prices (”+” marks size/protein upcharges). Representative cut; spellings are the restaurant’s own.⁴

Lunch platters (Mon–Fri 11–3; soup, egg roll or rangoon, rice)

• Fried Rice, Lo Mein ($11.95+) · Mixed Vegetables ($11.50+) · General Tso’s Chicken, Orange Chicken or Beef, Sesame, Honey Walnut, Lemon, Sweet & Sour, Hunan, Yu Xiang, Kung Pao, Daeji Bulgogi, Cashew Chicken, Princess Chicken, Tofu Family Style, vegetables or broccoli in white or brown sauce ($12.95+) · Triple Delight, Chicken & Shrimp Hunan Style, Mongolian Beef, Green Pepper Beef ($13.95+)

Appetizers

• Egg Rolls (2), Vegetable Spring Rolls (2) ($4.99) · Shrimp Spring Rolls (2) ($5.50) · Crab Rangoons (6), Cho-Cho Chicken (4) ($7.99) · Twin Rolls (4), Pan Fried or Steamed Dumplings (6), Seasoned Chicken Wings (6), Flaming Chili Wontons (6), Calamari, Salt & Pepper Tofu ($8.99)

Soups

• Hot & Sour, Egg Drop, Wonton ($2.50+) · Seafood Delight, Vegetable Tofu, Seaweed Tofu ($10.95) · Crab Meat & Fish Maw ($13.95)

Specialties & traditional favorites

• General Tso’s Chicken, Orange Chicken, Sesame Chicken, Honey Walnut Chicken, Triple Delight, XO Shrimp ($15.95+) · General Tso’s Shrimp, Orange Beef or Shrimp, Sesame Beef, Chicken & Shrimp Hunan Style ($16.95+) · Honey Walnut Shrimp ($16.50+) · House Pan Fried Noodles ($15.50+) · XO Tofu ($14.99+)
• Sweet & Sour ($14.95+; shrimp $15.95+) · Yu Xiang, Hunan, Kung Pao, Curry, Moo Shu ($13.95+)

Entrées

• Chicken — Cashew, Princess, Lemon ($14.99+); Honey Walnut, Sesame ($15.95+)
• Beef — Hunan, Kung Pao, Orange, Vegetable, Green Pepper, Black Pepper, Mongolian ($15.99+); Sesame ($16.99+)
• Pork — Daeji Bulgogi, Mapo Tofu ($14.99+)
• Seafood — Lemon Shrimp ($14.95+); Salt & Pepper Squid ($14.50+); Crispy Shrimp ($15.50+); Hunan, Sesame, Vegetable, XO, Beijing Shrimp, Seafood Tofu Pot, Salt & Pepper Shrimp (Head-On) ($15.95+); Honey Walnut Shrimp ($16.50+)
• Vegetables — Curry Vegetables, XO Tofu, Mixed Vegetables, Moo Shu Vegetables ($13.50+); Tofu Family Style, General Tso’s Tofu ($14.50+)
• Noodles — Chicken Lo Mein, Cantonese Chow Mein (chicken/pork) ($12.95+); Beef or Combination Lo Mein, Cantonese Chow Mein (beef/shrimp/combination), Pad Thai with Chicken ($13.95+); Pad Thai with Shrimp ($14.95+); Singapore Style Mei Fun ($12.99–13.99+); Udon ($13.50+)
• Also: fried rice, noodle soups, gluten-friendly, healthy mix & match, kids’ menu, sides, desserts, beverages and hot tea

Sources

Footnotes

1. Asian Pearl Restaurant — official website, home page (Menufy/HungerRush). Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: “family-owned and operated”; “original artwork, bamboo”; “Our chef has more than 30 years of experience”; “Located on 119th St and Ridgeview Road”; address 18138 West 119th Street, Olathe, KS 66061; phone (913) 541-8885; business, carryout and delivery hours; customer reviews quoted. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

2. Lucie Krisman, “Locally owned eatery Asian Pearl closing soon in Olathe,” Johnson County Post, 2025-07-29 — Confirms: opened spring 2010; northeast corner of 119th Street and Ridgeview Road; closure because the lease is ending; no closing date set; menu favorites (sesame chicken, Mongolian beef, honey walnut shrimp); the restaurant’s thank-you statement. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

3. Lucie Krisman, “Olathe Asian restaurant announced closure earlier this summer, but new owner says they’re staying open,” Johnson County Post, 2025-09-02 — Confirms: new owner Jin Wang; “The staff are all staying. We’ll keep the same name, same restaurant menu, everything’s the same”; “Pan-Asian” framing; orange chicken, honey walnut shrimp, green pepper beef; new seven-day hours (Tuesdays no longer closed); “exciting enhancements ahead.” ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

4. Asian Pearl Restaurant — official online-ordering menu. Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: every item and price in the Menu section; lunch platter terms (Mon–Fri 11–3); menu sections including Gluten Friendly, Healthy Mix & Match and Kids Menu; carryout hours from 10:50 a.m. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

5. Jenna Thompson, “Johnson County Asian fusion restaurant is closing. ‘Deeply grateful,’” The Kansas City Star, 2025-07-17 (syndicated via Yahoo News) — Confirms: closure announcement citing a lease issue; still open at publication; menu items (sesame chicken, moo shoo pork, Mongolian beef, rangoons); customer reaction. ↩ ↩² ↩³

6. “Johnson County’s Asian Pearl will stay open under new owner,” The Kansas City Star, September 2025 — Confirms: “New owner Jin Wang has taken over the space and plans to continue the restaurant’s legacy at 18138 W. 119th St.” Headline and excerpt via search index; page not retrievable. ↩