This barrier free reading salon interprets the daily life of Shanghai with "love without hindrance". When Cong you bing meets crepe cake | Making | Shanghai
"In the past, when I heard that others shared their handmade cakes and desserts with everyone, I always envied them and thought that such a complex craftsmanship was too difficult for visually impaired people. Guangtan's recipe for 'no bake cheese cake' was very considerate and empathetic to us. It was very safe and avoided high-temperature operations, cutting fruits and beating eggs. As long as we were careful, slow, and experienced these steps carefully, we visually impaired people could also complete them." Han Ying, the head of Shanghai Light and Shadow Voice Barrier Free Film and Television Cultural Development Center and Honorary Store Manager of Backlight 226 Bookstore, said, "It was like the missing piece in our hearts was filled, it was very happy. When I was young, my dad was very happy." After finishing my meal, I always hold a shovel and lean against the kitchen door to watch the whole family. It turns out that cooking is happier than eating
On July 18, "When Cong you bing Meets Kerry Cake" barrier free reading salon was held in Shanghai Newspaper Group. After taking a bite of the cake made by Han Ying, French chef Dai Guangtan gave a thumbs up and said, "It's great. This kind of communication is also very rewarding for me to learn from each other." As he walked down the stage, he whispered to Han Ying, "It's better than me."
At the event, the white orchids from Shanghai and lavender from France interweave a special aroma, which was arranged by deaf floral artist Yu Wei. He was the ninth winner of the 6th National Disabled Vocational Skills Competition.
Yu Youbo and Wang Dongshuo, the hearing-impaired western food chefs, together with the chefs of JW Marriott Hotel in Shanghai Tomorrow Square and the Marquis of JW Marriott Hotel in Luneng, Shanghai, made Cong you bing and crepe, the national street food in Shanghai and Paris. Yu Youbo and Wang Dongshuo are still entrepreneurial partners and have opened a dessert workshop together. "We have some deficiencies in our verbal skills and are not very clear in expression. Please understand," said Wang Dongshuo. The audience applauded warmly for the two pastry chefs who won first and third place in the 2022 Shanghai Disabled Vocational Skills Competition Western style Pastry.
Under the leadership of Yuan Xiaoyi, Dean of the School of Humanities at East China Normal University and Professor of French Literature, Dai Guangtan, along with writer BTR and wine expert Thomas Mathieu Levesque, shared the culinary culture in literary and artistic works, exploring the similarities and differences in cultures, lifestyles, and ideologies among different countries. "The memory of smell and taste is often more profound," said Yuan Xiaoyi.
Subsequently, Thomas, along with food aroma taster and visually impaired Yu Jinyi, led the entire audience to engage in a truly blind tasting of wine. Thomas said, "Blind tasting not only mobilizes and concentrates our sensory experiences such as smell and taste, but more importantly, it eliminates our biases against wineries, regions, and varieties, allowing us to enjoy the pleasure brought by wine with a more open and inclusive attitude."
In the charity auction, the Paper Cuttings art work "When" Nong Hao "Met" Bonjour "created by the hearing-impaired craftsman Chen Jiangning was auctioned off by Le Gaixi, a French girl after" 95 ", at 2600 yuan. The auction proceeds will be donated to the Shanghai Disabled Welfare Foundation. Le Gaixi started learning Chinese at the age of 12 in a local high school in France. "We are going to choose a second foreign language, and it happens that my school has Chinese," she said. "Interesting" is Le Gaixi's first impression of Chinese. In 2015, she came to the Chinese Department of Fudan University as an exchange student to study. Later, she completed a dual degree master's program in tourism management at the University of Anger and Ningbo University in France. Now, she is starting a business in Shanghai as a "new Shanghainese". "I am very happy to have such beautiful Paper Cuttings works and to make some contributions to this city," Le Gaixi said.
The barrier free reading salon of "When Cong you bing Meets Kerry Cake" is the second activity of "Touching the Backlight to Let the World Read China - Barrier free International Year of Cultural Exchange". The year of exchange revolves around the literary classics of various countries to organize accessible reading activities, promote the integration of disabled and healthy people, and make "love without hindrance" a daily life in Shanghai. Guided by the Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Shanghai Newspaper Group, and Shanghai Writers Association, it is sponsored by the Shanghai Disabled Welfare Foundation and Shanghai Xinhua Media Chain Co., Ltd.
