Chinanews.com, Yinchuan, April 16th, title: British foreign son-in-law "chasing dreams" in China: baking "slow time" in a small town
Chinanews reporter Yang Di
France, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Bolivia... 52-year-old British Kevin Little (Kevin Little) has worked and lived in many countries around the world, but finally chose to settle in the northwestern city of China - Yinchuan.
A few days ago, in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com, Kevin said that he enjoys a leisurely life in Yinchuan, where he can engage in his favorite baking and share food and happiness with the public.
Kevin is making bread.
Photo by Yang Di
Kevin works primarily in the hospitality design industry, having previously traveled around the world and worked in local hotels.
In 2018, Kevin came to Yinchuan, Ningxia, at the invitation of a friend, where he met his love.
"I met a lovely Chinese lady, we got married, and lived and worked in Yinchuan." Kevin, who became a "Chinese son-in-law", settled in Yinchuan and started chasing his dream of opening a bakery.
"I've always loved being in the kitchen and I've always loved baking," says Kevin, who started learning to bake when he was a 14-year-old boy.
Two years ago, Kevin finally turned his hobby into a career, and his bakery opened in Yinchuan.
For Kevin, baking is "making friends with bread".
"The recipe in the process of making bread may only account for 15%, and the rest depends on experience and feeling." Kevin is very demanding of himself. He has always insisted on using high-quality ingredients. If the bread made is not satisfied, Would rather throw it away than sell it to a customer.
"I have been trying to start from the Chinese market and make some unusual things." Kevin said that he would add some Chinese elements to the production and packaging of bread. This year is the Year of the Tiger, so he purchased a batch of paintings with Cartoon tiger in carton to pack bread.
"But at the same time, I will also insist on making some original and authentic European bread." Kevin believes that there are some differences in the eating habits and tastes of the East and the West, but such differences and boundaries will be communicated with people. It becomes more and more blurred, and the development of taste buds is a wonderful process. "I am trying to let the citizens of Yinchuan eat authentic European bread. When they taste the bread I make, they usually become repeat customers, and this is also a It's a way of blurring dietary boundaries," says Kevin.
Kevin is making bread.
Photo by Yang Di
Bake bread in the morning and enjoy your own leisure time in the afternoon... In Kevin's eyes, Yinchuan is a city with four distinct seasons and unique attractions.
"I have lived in Dubai for 10 years, where the pace is fast, and Yinchuan is relatively easy." Kevin, who has entered the year of "knowing the destiny", said that Yinchuan is a city "small enough" to allow himself Have some time to relax.
Making friends with ingredients such as flour, cream, and chocolate sauce, and turning them into delicious food through a magic called "baking", Kevin admitted that baking is a happy job, "When customers taste the food I make, That look of contentment and enjoyment will also make me happy." (End)