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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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ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 11/04/2025 02:39

ScottBakula · 10/04/2025 21:28

Evening all ,
@sashh can you ask Leo to hard boil me a couple of duck eggs please , I am going to be trekking between sites tomorrow so I want a snack that can be eaten on the hoof and won't take up much space or weight.

Ooh Hope you have good views

sashh · 11/04/2025 03:33

Morning.

Well another quiet day, maybe I should think about closing.

Oh well I'm just going to make a pot of porridge with a selection of fruit to add to it. I'll send F and F to help Leo wash the animals in the petting zoo.

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ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 12/04/2025 04:50

Noooooo Dont close 🥰

sashh · 12/04/2025 07:08

Morning.

Please don't panic @ImDoneOnceAndForAll.

I think this morning is all about cheese. Leo is making quiche and omelettes, Florence is making my Grandma's cheese and onion bread and Fernando is making milkshakes.

I'm making cheese on toast with a selection of cheeses and added bacon / mushroom / ham / mustard.

I know quiche is unusual for breakfast so I'll put it in a pack up with some salad and crisps.

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ScottBakula · 12/04/2025 07:42

ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 11/04/2025 02:39

Ooh Hope you have good views

Unfortunately not most of it is around industrial estates in Greater Manchester 🙁.

@sashh , cheese and onion with a dash of w'shire sauce on toast for me please.

sashh · 12/04/2025 09:22

On its way @ScottBakula

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sashh · 13/04/2025 02:48

Morning.

Let's hope it is an other sunny one like yesterday. I think I'll put out a Mediterranean style breakfast so slices of cucumber and tomatoes.

Eggs cooked in various ways by Leo, hummus, yoghurt, ham, grilled sardines.

Florence is making pita bread and flat breads, Fernando is making Ouzo cocktails.

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ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 13/04/2025 04:09

Oooh thats sounds lovely

IRL i could so eat that

tattoonewbie · 13/04/2025 05:01

Morning. Would love an ouzo cocktail and some kitten bees please. Not to eat of course but to distract from my pain. Sciatica is getting to me and I can't sleep AND in pain whereas usually it's just insomnia.

sashh · 13/04/2025 08:49

@ImDoneOnceAndForAll very suitable to packing up too.

@tattoonewbie sorry you are in pain, I know that one well, I'll send the kittenbees over, ask them to do a dance for you.

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sashh · 14/04/2025 06:29

Morning.

Well in case you are still in pain @tattoonewbie I will make some chamomile tea. <IRL it is my last resort if the tramadol and the TENS machine are not doing their jobs properly>

I'll ask Florence to make a chamomile and honey cake to go with it.

Leo is making convent eggs so I'll steam some asparagus to dip in and Fernando has camomile beer.

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ScottBakula · 14/04/2025 06:49

Good morning all, @sashh can you ask Leo to cook me a couple of Covent eggs and a coffee.
I know a lot of people like chamomile tea but it tastes old / musty to me.

@tattoonewbie I hope you got a better night's sleep last night.

sashh · 15/04/2025 03:55

Morning.

Well today I thought we would head to Denmark for, well obviously Florence is making Danish pastries, Leo is boiling eggs so I'm putting out rye bread danos cheese and some Fernando has Øllebrød (beer bread).

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sashh · 16/04/2025 06:19

Morning.

So I feel like death warmed up so I'm going to leave you with F and F and L. I think scrambled egg on toast is called for with a little tot of brandy on the side.

If you want anything else please just ask, I'm setting up a bed in the corner.

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ScottBakula · 16/04/2025 07:28

Good morning @sashh, sorry you are feeling rough , I feel like I could sleep for a week I can barely keep my eyes open .
And the weather is rotten, its damp windy and cold here .
I think I will make a pan of porridge and light the fire and snuggle down.

tattoonewbie · 17/04/2025 01:50

@sashh I'm so sorry you're feeling rough
Sending a gentle squeeze and a Brandy

sashh · 17/04/2025 05:43

Morning.

Still feeling a bit off, but I think that might be the bubbly I drank yesterday after the supreme court ruling.

So in celebration Florence is making parma violet cake with a white chocolate cheesecake, Leo is making egg white omelettes and Fernando is making an absinth cocktail.

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sashh · 18/04/2025 05:50

Morning.

Another quiet day and I think I'll just let Leo make eggs in various ways this morning. I'm going to lay out some mezze for pack up or to eat in later.

Soft pita breads curtesy of Florence, stuffed vine leaves, hummus, tzatziki, slices of cucumber, feta cheese, olives and some mini lamb meatballs.

Fernando has ouzo and fruit juices.

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ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 19/04/2025 04:10

Would love a Cadbury or Galaxy Easter egg with a large milky coffee please

sashh · 19/04/2025 07:28

Morning.

@ImDoneOnceAndForAll

Not a problem. In fact I think that is breakfast, a large pile of various chocolate eggs, hot drinks and obviously eggs hens' eggs because Leo.

The kittenbees can play 'dambusters' delivering mini eggs to people.

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ScottBakula · 19/04/2025 08:43

I wanted to get myself a decent easter egg but I left it to late to put one on my order and they have sold out.
So a virtual egg will be much appreciated, can I have a dark chocolate one please @sashh .

Is Leo dying the eggs as he boils them ? Can I have one pink and one purple please.

With practice the kitten bees could bounce the mini eggs off people's brews straight into their mouth ( but we may all look like baby birds waiting for a worm )

ScottBakula · 19/04/2025 08:48

Feeding time

sashh · 19/04/2025 08:50

@ScottBakula I'll put your order in, do you want plain colour or would you like a marbled egg, like a Chinese tea egg?

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ScottBakula · 19/04/2025 18:42

Oooh go on I think Leo can stand up to the challenge

ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 20/04/2025 04:32

Ooooh i love mini eggs

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