The second stop on my summer trip to a couple of the best German restaurants was at restaurant La Vie, run by head chef Thomas Bühner and his charming wife and hostess Thayarni Kanagaratnam. The restaurant is based in the beautiful medieval town of Osnabrück. Bühner opened here in 2006 by moving the entire team from his previous 2 stars place La Table in Dortmund, which he had run for 14 years prior. Working experience from Jörg Müller on Sylt, Harald Wohlfart at the Schwarzwaldstube and numerous awards like e.g. Chef Of The Year in the German Gault Millau in Nov 2005 and Meal Of The Year in Germany in 2008 warrant Thomas Bühner's talent, but it wasn't until a few days ago that he was finally awarded the maximum 3 stars in the German Michelin Guide 2012. I'm glad that the guide's cadeau to La Vie coincides with this blog post, for the experiences we had that day at La Vie absolutely call for three stars. This post is part one of the description [...]
