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Bites Nearby: Flying Cranes Café

A multitude of Japanese-influenced delights

If your taste buds wish to curry favor with Japanese dishes of rice and noodles, you can take those yearning buds out for a spin at the Flying Cranes Café.

But the culinary treats don’t end there, as this small and tidy café also offers sandwiches, salads, quiches, weekend brunches and even English High Tea (the last by reservation only).

There is a variety of noodles to choose from, including curry udon, Japanese fried noodles and cold buckwheat noodles.

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Several Hot Favorites are served on beds of rice, such as chicken teriyaki, ginger pork and seared tuna sashimi.

Rice bowls abound, such as the katsu-don: Panko deep-fried pork or chicken cutlet with veggies and egg in a large rice bowl.

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Dinner specials include the Ultimate Tempura Dinner with miso soup and salad, and a sukiyaki dinner that’s cooked at the table.

For dessert, you can satisfy a sweet tooth with green tea ice cream, a lime tart or caramel apple cheesecake.

All in all, your taste buds could be in for the time of their lives.

13006 Larchmere, 216-795-1003. Open: Tues. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wed.-Fri. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sat. 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sun. 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Prices: Noodles $8-$9, Dinner Specials $15-$20,Hot Favorites $8-$12.

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