By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter
First and business class passengers of Lufthansa can now enjoy top-class dining experiences thanks to chef Park Hyo-nam's cuisine, the executive chef at Millennium Seoul Hilton.
Lufthansa, a German-based international carrier, launches its ``Star Chef'' program on 13 flights from Korea to Germany from March and has designated chef Park as Korea's first Star Chef.
Park, 49, is esteemed for his culinary skills as one of the best French chefs in Korea and the first Korean executive chef at Hilton Hotels Corp.
The first Korean Star Chef created the in-flight meals with Lufthansa after eight months of effort in cooperation with LSG Sky Chefs, a subsidiary of Lufthansa specializing in airline catering. He devised some 140 menus, including appetizers, main dishes and desserts, and taught the recipes to the chefs at LSG Sky Chefs.
Park presents classical French cuisine such as almond jelly topped with caviar goose liver parfait, lobster lasagna in a saffron cappuccino sauce, medallion of veal and potato pyramid, ice cold souffle with lemon sherbet and chocolate tahini cream. He added subtle Asian flavors to French cuisine and created his own style of innovative and inspiring dishes.