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The Final Weeks of Fuyu no Nukumori — Why the End of a Seasonal Menu Is the Right Time to Visit

A seasonal menu at a genuinely seasonal restaurant follows an arc that parallels the season itself. The launch is the declaration: this is what this season will taste like. The middle weeks are the development: the kitchen's relationship with the seasonal ingredients deepens, the preparations are refined, the menu's internal logic becomes more evident. The final weeks are the completion: every dish at its most confident expression, the kitchen's full understanding of the season applied without reservation. At Oribu, the final...