Bucheon Newcore, Pizza Mall review, weekday & weekend price info.

I went to the Pizza Mall in NC department store, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea on the weekend.

Pizza Mall is a Pizza Buffet & Salad Bar running by E-land in South Korea.

First, the price is divided into weekday and weekend.
For Weekday: 9,900 Won
For Weekend: 14,900 Won
(Elementary school student: 7,900 Won, Preschool student: 4,900 Won)

Drinks such as carbonated or coffee are free, and Aid drink(grapefruit, lemon, orange) prices are 2,900 won.

In fact, my child is still young, so when I have a meal outside, there is not many choice for us. So I usually go to buffet or salad bar type restaurants. There are many things to choose from, so I think that there is something that my kid can eat.

Pizza Mall can taste a variety of pizzas, and there are many things to eat in the salad bar, so you do not have to like pizza.

There were quite many people on the weekend. But it was still possible to enter without waiting.

The pizza mall is self-service for the plates and leftovers to keep the prices low.
You can organize your own dishes. But if possible, it is better to avoid the place next to the corner where you can see the picture above. People also come and go a lot and do not look good and hygienic. Because it is a place to throw away leftovers.

There are pizzas of various kinds to match the name of Pizza Mall. I do not like pizza very much, but it was okay to have other food.

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In fact, the Pizza Mall seems to have many students and young customers, as the prices are low. And the atmosphere of the restaurant is loud and lively.

The overall quality and taste of the food is moderate. The price is right for its quality.
If you want good food, it would be better to find a restaurant in the a la carte menu here. I think the Pizza Mall is just a place where you can get a variety of food at moderate prices.

So if you are not a pizza mania but you want to have a buffet, I recommend the Ashley restaurant near the Pizza Mall for better food and service.


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Is salt the enemy of losing weight?

Is salt the enemy of losing weight?

Salt vs Weight loss

Salt is essential for normal physical activity. It is an important factor affecting muscle contraction and neurotransmission.

Let us try to understand why you should not eat salt while you are on a diet.

The less you eat salt, the better for your health?

Salt (sodium) contributes to the body's ability to attract and store water. A large amount of salt increases the water in the blood, increasing the blood flow and consequently the blood pressure. Such heart burdens can cause heart disease and related diseases of hypertension in severe cases.

Low salt diet and lose weight

The intake of salt does not really have a big impact on the diet. Especially, it does not affect the decrease of body fat. As mentioned above, if you reduce the salt intake, your body's water content is decreased and it seems to lose weight, but the actual body fat will not change.
It is said that adjusting the salt intake during diet is beneficial to the diet because there is research and common sense that BUT salt makes the food delicious and increases the food intake.

How much salt should I eat?

The World Health Organization(WHO) recommends 2,000 mg sodium intake for adult. However, depending on your individual health condition, you may need to adjust your intake. In particular, if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, or kidney-related illness, you should consult your doctor.


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Very easy way to remove tempered glass screen protector

Nowadays tempered glass screen protector is one of the must-have items for smart phone to keep your phone fine.

It is very strong against scratches and thankfully when the screen was impacted, it absorbs instead of broken.

But the tempered glass screen protector will be turned a troublesome when you remove it. It is kind of GLASS so when it is broken it is sharp and hassle to handle.

So here is the easiest way to remove the tempered glass screen protector that I know and I do.
(Link for How to Video)

To do this, what you need is a toothpick or a plastic straw.

I do this with a plastic straw.
First, let us attack the slight gap between phone screen and the screen protector film.

As you can see the picture above, luckily my case I have a crevice at the red arrow. Then push your tool into the gap as possible as much.
If there is no chance, then you can make using your nail or a plastic card such as a name card(see the picture below).

I used my nail to make the space to put into. When do this, please do carefully! Because if the tempered glass screen protector breaks, the thing will get tired.

Now explore the between-land. Slowly put the straw into the gap and then you can see that the film seperates from the screen. Don't be hurry! The more the tempered glass screen protector damaged the harder the work will be.

I did slowly and carefully but the glass broke. When the glass is scattered, use a tape to keep them from going to everywhere.

Done! Without any damage or scratch on the smartphone screen, I removed the tempered glass screen protector. The tools I recommended are not sharp and weaker than the screen glass so they are hard to make damages on the screen glass.

Watch the video below to make this easier.

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Don't miss HomePlus payment-error reward

Homeplus is one of the largest retail chains such as walmart or woolworth in South Korea. And we also have E-mart, Lotte mart, costco and etc.

There is a customer service center at every Homeplus usually and you can have a help from the staff there.

This time I introduce 'Home Plus payment-error reward' which is if you discover something wrong at your payment, you can have the reward from Homeplus.

Few days ago, I bought 5+1 cup-ramen that means when you buy 5 of it, you can get free one of it. But the POS system missed it. I don't know the reason exactly. Anyway, I found out it from receipt so I went the customer service center to get the reward and my money back.

Let us look at the wrong receipt first.

Item No. 7 to 9 are the event items and I bought 6 of them so I would have got 1 free. But the system didn't reflect it.
I went to the customer service center so.  And I said to the staff to check my receipt and then she checked and went the cashier to make sure the fact. And she did calculate my goods again and she gave the new receipt to me and also the difference.

As you can see above the picture, the item No. 7 and 8 were changed and below the 8 there was event-adapted discount.

And they gave me the gift card that was 5,000 won worth.

If you just said the payment-error to a cashier, you might not get the gift card. Because the cashier don't have an authority of the reward.
And also they don't mention about the reward system so you should go to the customer service center to get the reward.

How to remove Kimchi smell from a food container in Eco-friendly way

Kim-chi is one of the famous Korean food and many people love to eat Kimchi and some of them love to make/cook Kimchi themselves.

And some days ago, I read a article about how to keep Kimchi well and it said the best way to contain kimchi is putting it into a plastic container.There is a problem when you put kimchi into plastic containers, the problem is that the kimchi smell is retained in the container even after washing the plastic container several times.

Now let's find out how to remove kimchi smell from a plastic container eco-friendly.

1. Use sugar

I think this is the easiest way that we can try to remove any odor.
First, make solution of sugar and water. The ratio of sugar and water can be 1:2 or 1:3. The more sugar it has, the better. And put the sugar water into the container fully, then keep it one or two days. The sugar in the water will absorb the Kimchi smell.

2. Solar power! Sunlight.

Sunlight can be the best disinfectant and also be a deodorant.

It is also very easy. Just washing the plastic containers and expose them into the sun. The natural power will remove the Kimchi smell. Actually this way was what my mother did when I was a kid.

This is quite useful but I don't think it is to plastic containers. Because UV and heat from sunshine can be destroyed the plastic chemically and the damaged plastic can be harm to your health.

3. All-purpose detergent: Baking Soda

Recently, Baking Soda is used such as environment friendly multi-cleaner. It can be applied for washing dishes, cleaing vegitables and even removing chemicals.
This versatile detergent is soluble in water, and the alkali solution will get rid of germs and food particles on the plastic surface that can be hardly removed by general washing.

Put the plastic container into the baking soda water for 30 minutes or more until the odor disappeared.

4. Wheat flour

 
This is also easy way to deodorize the Kimchi smell. Put the wheat flour into water and stir till the powder and the water well mixed. And fill the plastic container with the water fully and then close the lid. Then keep the plastic container into the refrigerator for a day or more.
The flour partcles in the water will absorb the smell.

5. Eco-friendly disinfectant: Vinegar 
 

Like Baking Soda, vinegar is an environmental friend and we all have it in the kitchen cabinet.
The ability of vinegar to kill germs and bacteria removes the odors created by them.
Make vinegar solution with 2: 1 ratio of vinegar and water.
Such as other methods above, fill the solution into the container and leave it for a day or more.

Additionally, we can find other ways to deodorize the Kimchi smell away. Like as using coffee grounds, peel of onion and etc. But I do not think they do work.

So let us try the above method and to combinate them to increase the effectiveness. They will work out well.

AND there are two main causes of odor, food residues and bacteria. Normally, the smell is generated by the growth of germs in the food residue left on the surface. If you clean and disinfect in the usual environmentally friendly way, you will be able to live cleaner life without the smell.


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Learning Boxing in Korea (One month)

Finally I have done boxing for a full month.


Still 6 rounds of jumping-rope are not easy for me but it got used to.. anyway, not like my thought at first about boxing, boxing is quite lonely sport, before sparring or fight you must have a time to practice posture, punch, movement and strategy. So I think boxing can be very peaceful sport depending on how you approach.

Recently I focused on hitting a sandbag. It was very fun and it is very helpful to give strength on the fist.

Personally I do not like things like sparring, but the sparring is one of the main parts of the boxing because during sparring, you can learn many practical things.

On 4th week I learned how to turn.
You can easily watch the videos of turning from YouTube such as pivot turn. But this time I learned step-turn(I don't know its English word) which is like move one foot and one foot.
For example, to turn left, first move the left foot to where you want and then move the right foot.

At first, turn 90 degree(left/right) and when it is used turn variety degrees/directions.