03 Schwarzwaldstube, Germany
When you step into Baiersbronn, a small town in Germany’s Black Forest, you’re unlikely to credit it as a culinary haven. Yet this quiet place – the municipality that gets its name from the town has a population of 15,000 – boasts two restaurants with three Michelin stars each as well, an amazing feat in itself when you consider that London (population 8.8 million has only three). Schwarzwaldstube, located in the Hotel Traube Tonbach, is widely considered one of the finest restaurants in Germany. Harald Wohlfahrt, the restaurant’s head chef since 1990, had pioneered and elevated German haute cuisine – described by the Michelin Guide as “twists on time-honoured classics†– setting the benchmark with its emphasis on impeccable regional ingredients and techniques. Although he recently retired as head chef, Schwarzwaldstube, located in a beautiful Black Forest valley, with a pine forest all around, expect the same excellent from Wohlfahrt’s long-time sous chef Torsten Michel. Wohlfahrt, after all, trained no less than six German chefs who were awarded three Michelin stars each. traube-tonbach.de
