A 12-year-old photo of Lee Chan-won from ‘Convenience Store Restaurant’ will be revealed.

The KBS2 entertainment show ‘New Release Convenience Store Restaurant’, which will air on November 8, will reveal the story of Lee Chan-won, who has been single-mindedly pursuing trot since his school days. He spends time with his hometown friends who have been with him since high school and shares various memories. In the process, his friends open ‘Chandora‘s Box’, which is filled with Lee Chan-won’s past from his school days.

In the VCR that will be revealed, Lee Chan-won is having a good time at home with his two close friends. Lee Chan-won prepared meat dishes one after another, including Korean beef sirloin, pork belly, stir-fried pork, and beef brisket doenjang jjigae, for his hungry friends from the morning. His friends responded with an endless mukbang. The three friends warmed up the viewers with their affectionate appearances such as putting meat wraps in each other‘s mouths.

Along with the mukbang, what caught the eye were the pictures from their school days that they took out while reminiscing. The three of them looked at the old pictures on their phones and teased each other, making people laugh. In particular, Lee Chan-won screamed, “Eww!” as soon as he saw the pictures and desperately shouted, “Wait a minute!” His friends teased him, saying, “That’s so tacky!” and making them laugh.

The ‘Convenience Store Restaurant’ family members who watched the VCR said, “He‘s so cute,” “He’s the same if you just take off his glasses,” and “He‘s so innocent,” and showed their affection for the young Lee Chan-won, but it is said that Lee Chan-won actually bowed his head and said, “I really can’t look at him.” On the other hand, profiler Pyo Chang-won, who joined as a special MC, surprised everyone by giving a unique analysis after carefully examining Lee Chan-won‘s past photos, saying, “He looks incredibly confident.” What did Lee Chan-won’s past look like that surprised everyone?

In addition, the high school student Lee Chan-won in the videos his friends have is always singing trot, drawing attention. What is Lee Chan-won‘s love for trot and passion for trot as testified by his friends who have watched his trot-only life up close? The story of the three hometown friends who revealed memories of Lee Chan-won’s school days, filled with innocent and passionate passion, can be seen on KBS 2TV‘s ‘New Release Convenience Store Restaurant’, which airs on Friday, November 8th at 8:30 PM.

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