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Taste of China has fried crab rangoon and wok-tossed General Tso’s in the Lenexa Plaza shopping center on Quivira Road, just south of Trailridge Middle School, since 1995. It is a takeout-first neighborhood Chinese restaurant of the classic American-Chinese kind — combination platters, small-and-large portions, a forty-plate lunch list at $8.50 — with a few “King Chef” specials such as a lobster Dragon & Phoenix. Reviewers say it changed hands at some point and got better for it; the owners, old and new, have never been named in print.

Description

Taste of China’s own site places it precisely: “on Quivira between 77th and 79th St., in the Lenexa Plaza shopping center, just south of Trailridge Middle School.”1 That corner of Quivira Road is where Lenexa’s northern edge meets Shawnee, and the address wears both cities — the restaurant and Yelp say Lenexa, while Tripadvisor and Groupon file it under Shawnee with the same 66216 ZIP.1234 The restaurant uses Lenexa, and so does the Registry.

The site’s pitch is “fine and fresh traditional Chinese cuisine,” and the specialties it names are chow mai fun and moo shu along with “King Chef’s special dishes like the Dragon & Phoenix — lobster meat with Szechuan sauce — and General Tso’s Chicken.”1 Its second site adds the usual claims — “variety in taste and high quality fresh ingredients,” “friendly atmosphere and excellent service.”5 The menu on the ordering site is the full American-Chinese card: fourteen appetizers from vegetable spring rolls ($3.50) to an appetizer sampler ($14.25); wonton, egg-drop and hot-and-sour soups in two sizes; chicken, beef and shrimp sections priced small and large; a chef’s-specialty list (Happy Family, Seafood Combination, Mongolian beef, beef with scallops, Hunan Triple, coconut shrimp); twenty-six combination platters at $10.50–11.25; and a lunch list of more than forty plates at $8.50–9.50, served 11 to 3.6 Desserts run from almond cookies to sesame balls and a slice of cheesecake.5

Restaurantji aggregates 134 reviews at 3.9 stars with reviews as recent as June 2026; Yelp counts 44 as of February 2026.72

Ownership and history

“Since 1995, Taste of China has served Lenexa and the surrounding area,” the official site says, which makes it one of the longer-running Chinese restaurants in northern Johnson County.1 No owner, founder or family is named on either official site, and no press coverage was found.

The one thread on ownership comes from customers. A November 2017 review recorded that “the owner himself prepared our lunch,” and Restaurantji’s summary of later reviews says the restaurant “recently improved under new ownership, which has enhanced the quality, freshness, and portion sizes.”7 When the change happened, and who sold to whom, is not on the record. Whether the second domain, tasteofchinalenexaks.com — which duplicates the first site’s content on a different ordering platform — dates from the new ownership is likewise unknown.5

The restaurant is not related to Pine & Bamboo Garden, the Lenexa Chinese restaurant that markets itself with the phrase “a taste of China,” nor, as far as the record shows, to any other Taste of China in the metro.

Last verified: 2026-08-29 · Source: the restaurant’s own online-ordering menu at order.tasteofchinalenexaks.com, with dessert prices from tasteofchinalenexaks.com · Confidence: High for the items below; the full card (including fried rice, lo mein and the 26 combination platters) is summarized.65

  • Appetizers: Vegetable Spring Rolls (2) $3.50 · Roast Pork Egg Rolls (2) $4.25 · Shrimp Spring Rolls (2) $3.95 · Fried Wonton (6) $5.95 · Steamed or Fried Dumplings (6) $7.95 · Crab Rangoon (6) $7.25 · Chicken Wings $8.95 · Teriyaki Chicken $9.50 · Edamame $5.25 · Fried Shrimp (4) $6.95 · Fried Plantain $4.50 · Appetizer Sampler $14.25
  • Soups: Wonton, Egg Drop, Chicken Rice, Hot & Sour — small $3.95 / large $5.95 · House Special Soup $7.95 · Bean Curd with Vegetable (for 2) $6.95
  • Chef’s specialties: Happy Family $15.95 · Seafood Combination $15.95 · Mongolian Beef $13.95 · Kung Pao Chicken & Shrimp $13.95 · Beef with Scallops $14.95 · Four Seasons $13.95 · Hot & Spicy Shrimp $12.95 · Hunan Triple $13.95 · Shrimp & Scallop with Garlic Sauce $14.95 · Honey Chicken $12.95 · General Tso’s Shrimp $13.95 · Coconut Shrimp $14.50
  • Chicken (small $7.95 / large $10.95): with Broccoli · with Zucchini · with Mixed Vegetables · Moo Goo Gai Pan · with Mushroom · General Tso’s, Kung Pao, Sesame Chicken $12.95 · Sweet & Sour Chicken or Pork $7.95
  • Beef (small $8.95 / large $12.95): with Broccoli · with Chinese Vegetables · with Mushroom · with Zucchini · with Mixed Vegetables · Pepper Steak with Onion
  • Shrimp (small $8.95 / large $12.95): with Broccoli · with Chinese Vegetables · with Zucchini · with Lobster Sauce · with Mushroom · with Mixed Vegetables
  • Fried rice (7 items) $7.50–10.95 · Lo mein (7 items) $5.95–10.95 · Combination platters (26) $10.50–11.25
  • Lunch specials (11 a.m.–3 p.m., 40+ plates): Sweet & Sour Pork or Chicken $8.50 · Chicken with Broccoli $8.50 · Shrimp or Beef with Broccoli $8.95 · General Tso’s, Kung Pao, Sesame Chicken $8.95 · White-meat General Tso’s $9.50
  • Desserts: Almond Cookies (4) $1.99 · Sesame Balls (5) $3.99 · Cheesecake (slice) $3.99

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Taste of China — official website, home page. Retrieved 2026-08-29 — Confirms: “Since 1995, Taste of China has served Lenexa and the surrounding area with fine and fresh traditional Chinese cuisine”; address 7805 Quivira Rd, Lenexa, KS 66216; phone (913) 962-8808; hours (Mon closed; Tue–Thu 11–9:30; Fri–Sat 11–10; Sun 11–9:30); location “on Quivira between 77th and 79th St., in the Lenexa Plaza shopping center, just south of Trailridge Middle School”; specialties chow mai fun, moo shu, “King Chef’s special dishes like the Dragon & Phoenix … and General Tso’s Chicken”; online ordering. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. Yelp — “Taste of China — Updated February 2026 — 22 Photos & 44 Reviews — 7805 Quivira Rd, Lenexa, Kansas — Chinese.” — Confirms: listing active February 2026; Yelp’s city attribution “Lenexa.” Body not machine-readable. ↩ ↩2

  3. Tripadvisor — “Taste of China, Shawnee — Menu, Prices & Restaurant Reviews” (listing d4542594) — Confirms: the Shawnee attribution with address “7805 Quivira Rd, Shawnee, KS 66216-3321” and phone. Body not retrievable. ↩

  4. Groupon — “Taste of China, 7805 Quivira Road, Lenexa, KS” (filed under shawnee-ks) — Confirms: the dual city attribution. Body returned 403; title only. ↩

  5. Taste of China — second official website. Retrieved 2026-08-29 — Confirms: “Taste of China Restaurant,” same address and phone; hours with Sunday 12–9:30; “authentic and delicious tasting Chinese cuisine,” “variety in taste and high quality fresh ingredients,” “friendly atmosphere and excellent service”; menu items including desserts (almond cookies $1.99, sesame balls $3.99, cheesecake $3.99). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  6. Taste of China — official online-ordering menu. Retrieved 2026-08-29 — Confirms: every item and price in the Menu section; section counts (14 appetizers, 13 chef’s specialties, 26 combination platters, 40+ lunch specials 11–3); status line “Closed — Opens at 11:00AM” at retrieval. ↩ ↩2

  7. Restaurantji — “Taste of China, Lenexa.” Retrieved 2026-08-29 — Confirms: address; phone; hours; 3.9 stars / 134 reviews; reviews dated May–June 2026; November 2017 review “The owner himself prepared our lunch”; summary that the restaurant “recently improved under new ownership, which has enhanced the quality, freshness, and portion sizes.” Aggregate; used for status and the ownership lead only. ↩ ↩2

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