Food & Drink
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SAVORY SANUKI
The Upper East Side tea boutique Ito En and its attached restaurant, Kai, offer a noodle-making demonstration and special lunch menu this weekend. The star of the menu is sanuki, a type of udon noodle that has become wildly popular in Japan recently. Japanese chefs will make fresh noodles in the restaurant’s window and guests can enjoy a prix-fixe (or a la carte) lunch of sanuki-based dishes. Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Ito En and Kai, 822 Madison Ave. at 69th Street, 212-988-7277, $25 prix-fixe lunch, reservations recommended.
TASTE OF BROOKLYN
An Easter weekend walking tour focuses on the historic and culinary treasures of Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill. Along the way, there are tastes of dishes from spinach pie to egg creams. Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m., 212-465-3331 for meeting place and reservations, $19 includes food.
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