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The Happy Place Café and Tilly's dog wash is still open.

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sashh · 19/02/2025 04:28

Morning and welcome.

To anyone new this is the Happy Place Café, all food and drink served here is calorie free. Everyone is welcome.

There are some people who have been here for literally years and others are newer.

The staff are me, obviously, Florence a French pastry chef who is married to Fernando the cocktail waiter (no one knows where Fernando is from so we suspect the marriage was about visas).

In a previous incarnation one of the regulars was Tilly (RIP) who brought a sparkling light in to the café along with a lemur named Leo.

Leo runs a dog wash (Tilly had a golden retriever and her family agreed to the dog wash as a tribute) but as there are rarely and dogs around he will wash anything, his other interests are goats and eggs. He spends every morning cooking eggs.

Outside the café is seating and a water feature, the water feature becomes a swimming pool in summer and an ice rink in winter. There is also a petting zoo.

Other residents are the kittenbees who are kittens the size of a bee with wings, they are very gentle but like to nibble anything sweet. Please do not give them alcohol.

Outside is where their larger cousins the bumblecats live, they are about the size of a fist and a lot more feisty than the kittenbees.

There is normally a daily special for breakfast and sometimes there is a pack up / bait / packed lunch.

Now to breakfast.

I thought a little trip to Germany would fit this morning so Florence is making bread rolls, soft and crusty, Leo is baking / frying / boiling eggs and Fernando is serving Apfelkorn.

I put out a selection of cooked meats, cheeses, jam, nutella, marmalade and if you want that abomination that people wither love or hate, it is in a locked box in the garden, far from the café, that is where it is to be consumed.

Actually I watched a vid from 'Atomic Shrimp' the other day that featured the brown paste added to warm milk.

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ThatAgileGoldMoose · 19/02/2025 04:59

Hello. I don't think i fancy any breakfast yet but have you got anything for a dog with colic? She's kept me awake through the night so far 😴

sashh · 19/02/2025 05:12

Uh I think Fernando might have a magic colic cure, in the meantime have a seat and a blanket and I'll get Leo to take the dog for a walk around the garden.

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StripyMug · 19/02/2025 06:16

Thanks for the new thread @sashh ! I know I'm still a newbie but I have become quite attached to this wonderful place and you lovely lot!
I LOVE German breakfast rolls so am going to unashamedly stuff my face this morning!!!

ScottBakula · 19/02/2025 06:47

Good morning all, thanks for the new thread @sashh .

@ThatAgileGoldMoose I hope your dog is feeling better and you have managed to get some sleep .

Now to breakfast, I think some soft rolls and smoked German sausage and sauerkraut will be good start to the day.

ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 19/02/2025 15:37

Yay!
A new thread… Thank you

Mornings here often consist of posting around 3am 😴

I do miss Tilly and seeing pictures of Leo 🐕

ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 20/02/2025 03:40

Im just going to go sit with the kittenbees and listen to the rain for awhile

Savoretti · 20/02/2025 03:46

Oh I’ve just stumbled on this cafe. I wonder if there is breakfast being served this morning?

ScottBakula · 20/02/2025 06:07

Good morning all ,
@Savoretti welcome to the café, @sashh often has a wonderful breakfast waiting for us but it looks like she has managed to get a good night's sleep.
There is always cereal, toast, tea , coffee and juice available.
And Leo the lemur will cook eggs any way you want them .

I will make a large pan of kedgeree.
To keep us all going

sashh · 20/02/2025 06:48

Morning.

Sorry for the late start, I was awake in the night and I managed to get a couple more hours sleep.

OK so today we are off to Ukraine, so cottage cheese with berries, Kefir pancakes and of course coffee and tea.

Florence is making bagels and Leo is scrambling eggs, Fernando is making cocktails with horika.

There is cheese, ham and smoked salmon if anyone wants a bagel pack up.

Welcome @Savoretti

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StripyMug · 20/02/2025 07:28

Can I have kefir pancakes AND a smoked salmon bagel pack up please? I will go and grab a coffee too.
I tiptoed in during the night as I couldn't sleep so I sat by the fire and the kittenbees lulled me back to sleep with their purring and buzzing.

sashh · 20/02/2025 08:22

@StripyMug of course you can, I'm glad the kittenbees helped with sleep. You are welcome to make yourself a drink or some food if I'm not here.

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ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 20/02/2025 23:19

Gearing up for a long night again….

Will sit with the kittenbees

ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 20/02/2025 23:22

🐈🐝

PoopingAllTheWay2 · 20/02/2025 23:46

Yay!
I made it

I couldnt get my original username on this thread as i had already posted with my changed username (confusing)
So i just made a new one with 2 on it but it meant using a different email address
So my account is brand new so lost everything else i was commenting on, but
Hay ho!

Im here 😂

PoopingAllTheWay2 · 21/02/2025 03:59

Hope everyone is sleeping this morning

sashh · 21/02/2025 04:46

Morning.

Well it was fairly bright but showery here yesterday so lets look towards spring.

Leo has made a banana foster baked casserole but is also ready to cook eggs to order.

I'm making bacon frittata, Florence is making lemon poppy seed cakes, Fernando is making fruit juices and smoothies, with or without alcohol.

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sashh · 21/02/2025 04:47

Sorry I typed the above and for some reason I didn't post it, that was an hour or so ago. I have IRL coffee now so normal service is resumed.

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DinoLil · 21/02/2025 05:33

I keep forgetting the cafe is open!

I've been scrolling MN for an hour. I should have parked my bum on one of your squishy settees earlier. I've visited several times before, but with a different username. I've had to change it because I was 'outed' by a family member, so I'm currently here wearing a false moustache and big hat.

Hope you don't mind my dog snoring next to me. She's been in the vet hospital, so im going to share the sausage sarnie I've just ordered with her when she wakes up.

Great to see you all - but not great that you're all here and not asleep!

sashh · 21/02/2025 05:35

@DinoLil share? Your dog deserves his own sausage, I'll get the kittenbees to fly one over.

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IhateHPSDeaneCnt · 21/02/2025 06:53

Had to Google Horika; I think it would make a yummy, Spicy Bloody Mary. Yes to pancakes with Berries and normal stuff but can I be a heathen and ask for Maple Syrup (obviously Canadian) on the side - plus a couple of Kittens - to cuddle, not to eat.

IhateHPSDeaneCnt · 21/02/2025 06:59

Ooh, now want warm German rolls with lashings of butter slathered with abomination!

DinoLil · 21/02/2025 08:29

@sashh Definitely share. She's on a restricted diet as she was in the dog hospital all last week, so a sneaky bite of my sarnie is all she's allowed (don't tell the vet!).

But thanks for sending the sausage over. I added it to my sarnie!

This squishy settee is sooooo comfy that I dozed off for half an hour. I'll definitely be back!

sashh · 21/02/2025 08:42

IhateHPSDeaneCnt · 21/02/2025 06:53

Had to Google Horika; I think it would make a yummy, Spicy Bloody Mary. Yes to pancakes with Berries and normal stuff but can I be a heathen and ask for Maple Syrup (obviously Canadian) on the side - plus a couple of Kittens - to cuddle, not to eat.

Of course I have Canadian maple syrup.

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ThatAgileGoldMoose · 21/02/2025 10:02

My dog is so much better than a couple of nights ago, thanks for the well wishes.

Isn't all maple syrup Canadian? I realise as I type this that this is probably a really dumb thing for me to assume...

sashh · 22/02/2025 07:52

Morning.

Sorry for the late start.

The USA produces maple syrup too, but I'll stick to Canadian.

So I think maple cured bacon on toast with beans and cheese.

Florence is making chocolate eclairs and Fernando is making not chocolate.

Leo has found some quails eggs (I had no idea we had quail in the petting zoo) so please put your orders in.

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