Park Tae-hwan of ‘Newly Launched Convenience Store Restaurant’ revealed his overwhelming physique and eating skills.

On the June 6 broadcast of KBS 2TV’s ‘New Release Convenience Store Restaurant’, Marine Boy Park Tae-hwan made his first appearance as a convenience store chef.While the public’s attention was focused on the daily life of Park Tae-hwan, a national hero who wrote the legend of Korean swimming history, after retiring as an active swimmer, Park Tae-hwan surprised everyone by showing off his eating skills that surpassed imagination, as well as his perfect physique that was not at all out of place.Park Tae-hwan was aiming for a gold medal as a convenience store chef.According to Nielsen Korea, the broadcast on that day recorded a nationwide viewership rating of 4.3%, an increase from the previous week and taking first place in the same time slot.

On this day, when Park Tae-hwan appeared in the ‘Convenience Store Restaurant’ studio, he received a warm round of applause.Han-hae cautiously asked if he could touch Park Tae-hwan’s Pacific shoulder, and Lee Si-an revealed that he was a swimmer in elementary school and called himself a Park Tae-hwan kid.Park Tae-hwan said, “If you compete, you have to win,” and showed his will to win as a convenience store chef, but he denied the opinion that he is a ‘professional foodie’ by saying, “No.I just like eating,” which aroused curiosity.

Park Tae-hwan’s daily life in the released VCR was ‘surprise’ itself.First, Choo Sung-hoon, Kim Jae-joong, and Kim Dong-hyun came forward for Park Tae-hwan, who is challenging the convenience store chef.The three of them competed to prove Park Tae-hwan’s incredible appetite, and Choo Sung-hoon in particular raised expectations by saying, “He eats much better than me,” and “He’s not Park Tae-hwan, he’s bread Tae-hwan.”

Park Tae-hwan, who opened his eyes in the morning, came out to the living room wearing the headphones that were his trademark during his active days.With his broad Pacific Ocean shoulders stealing the spotlight, Park Tae-hwan naturally stepped onto the scale.He says that he still checks his weight every morning, a habit he had from his active days.Five years after retirement, Park Tae-hwan’s current body fat percentage is 8.2%.Park Tae-hwan’s self-management ability, which still boasts an overwhelming physique, is admirable.

Then, Park Tae-hwan’s real eating began.His choice was bread.Park Tae-hwan ate the bread and then took out various jams and started spreading them on the bread.Park Tae-hwan, who usually likes bread and even has a list of delicious bread restaurants, had various kinds of jams and butters lined up in his refrigerator.Park Tae-hwan also spread the devil’s jams on his bread with a 100% guilty feeling, and once again, his overwhelming physique surprised everyone.

Park Tae-hwan, who ate 9 slices of bread in 30 minutes, headed to the kitchen.His breakfast was not over yet.With the remaining bread, Park Tae-hwan made a sausage bomb hot dog bun with 3 sausages, a Philly cheese sandwich with an explosion of flavor and calories, and an upside-down pizza that made his mouth water just looking at it.The bread that Park Tae-hwan ate for breakfast was a large loaf of bread, a total of 17 slices.

Park Tae-hwan caught everyone’s attention by not only finding the perfect combination that was bound to be delicious, but also by showing his ‘seriousness in eating’ by purchasing a stainless steel pan.He also showed his entertainment sense by filming himself swimming in the air without water to add fun to the cooking, making everyone burst into laughter.Above all, the sight of Park Tae-hwan looking so happy while eating bread made the viewers happy.

Park Tae-hwan said, “I think I had a time-related occupational disease when I was active.Every day of the year was the same, 365 days a year.Now I don’t have to do that.I think I’m happiest when I can eat delicious food without any time limit.” Park Tae-hwan, who wrote a legend in the history of Korean swimming.Behind the splendid medals, there was always Park Tae-hwan’s effort and passion, who lived fiercely, minute by minute.

KBS 2TV’s ‘Newly Launched Convenience Store Restaurant’ airs every Friday at 8:30 PM.

Reporter Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com jhj@donga.com

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