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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 · 24/09/2025 13:03

Egg on toast was yummy. Thank you @sashh
We all so enjoy your breakfasts 🥰

tattoonewbie · 24/09/2025 17:29

We love your breakfasts. @ScottBakula thanks for your support too. I love being able to pop to the cafe for a bit of a virtual hug

tattoonewbie · 25/09/2025 04:54

Morning all. Nearly an hour in to wake up

ScottBakula · 25/09/2025 06:40

@tattoonewbie sending you a gentle warm hug .

It's cold out there this morning, I needed my gloves 🙁.
So I think porridge , grits or weetabix with hot milk is on the menu.

sashh · 25/09/2025 10:30

Morning.

I see things are under control.

IRL my GP has started a new booking system and it is great. You send an online message and they triage the messages so I sent the message at 8am, I got a call back at 8.15 and I saw the 'senior nurse practitioner' at 9.00.

I'll have some porridge thank you.

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tattoonewbie · 25/09/2025 21:17

Porridge please for me too. I’ll eat it warmed up at 4am. Blueberries, cinnamon , honey ? Thanks for the hug. It’s a testing time.

ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 26/09/2025 04:07

@ScottBakulaOfcourse we love your breakfasts too. I didnt mean to seem rude.

ScottBakula · 26/09/2025 08:39

That system sounds great @sashh , mine is still
"you need to phone at exactly 8 am , we may or may not answer, if we do you will see one of 7 gps that knows nothing about you in about 2 weeks , if you phone after 8.03 you won't get a appointment ."
I hope your docs get you sorted out .

@ImDoneOnceAndForAll , you were not rude at all, I am glad you enjoyed it.

As its a bit quite I am going to leave Leo at his egg station to make the best omelette you have ever had , just let him know what you fancy.

Fernando has locked the egg nog away because Leo thinks he should be adding it to everyone's omelette.

sashh · 26/09/2025 09:32

Morning.

I'll have an omelette from Leo. I love when this place runs itself.

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tattoonewbie · 26/09/2025 16:12

When you wake up and think it’s Saturday. But it’s NOT 😭. Anyway. I enjoyed porridge. I’ll have an omelette too !

sashh · 27/09/2025 05:05

Morning. Let's head for France.

I've avoided it so far because it is fairly basic. Fernando is making hot drinks with a wee dram in them.

Florence is making baguettes and croissants. I'll put out a couple of jams, apricot always seemed to be on the table when I went to France as a child but I'll put some raspberry and some honey.

Leo is of course, making eggs so I'll make egg mayo baguettes for pack up.

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MinnieMountain · 27/09/2025 05:54

Morning!

I love breakfast in France. May I suggest pain au chocolat and pain au raisin as well? But you can’t beat a good baguette with apricot jam.

sashh · 27/09/2025 09:47

Good suggestions I'll ask Florence to make some.

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tattoonewbie · 27/09/2025 20:07

Blinking love France and can’t beat cold French butter with apricot jam. It’s divine

ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 28/09/2025 04:32

IRL I was in a cafe and really fancied an omelette.
This thread always makes me fancy one but i cant make them, they somehow always just turn into scrambled eggs.🤣

Anyway i never have the omelette because i feel hard done by if i go into a cafe and dont have a fry up.

There is no point to the story but thought i would share anyway 🤣

MinnieMountain · 28/09/2025 05:44

You can’t beat a good fry up @ImDoneOnceAndForAll . Where do you stand on the tomatoes?

I’ll stick the coffee on and play with the kitten bees for a bit.

sashh · 28/09/2025 05:58

Morning.

@ImDoneOnceAndForAll have you tried to make a souffle omelette? You separate the eggs and whisk the whites to soft peaks carefully fold in the yolks and put in a hot frying pan. To cook the top you need to put the pan under the grill.

Back to the café. I was watching an episode of Tasting History, apparently when you see westerns on TV/film and men are all drinking that's not true, they all served food, and the food was free, but salty. Often serving oysters, but always serving pork and beans so that's what I am doing today. Home made baked beans with pork.

Florence is making baguettes to dip in, Fernando is serving sipping whisky and Leo is visiting the goats.

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MinnieMountain · 28/09/2025 06:23

Pork and beans works perfectly for the weather today @sashh .

tattoonewbie · 29/09/2025 03:35

Morning all. Anyone fancy a tea?

sashh · 29/09/2025 04:30

Morning.

Tea is always good @tattoonewbie.

OK lets have a trip to Senegal. lakh porridge, millet porridge, ndambe and gari. Florence is making baguettes.

Fernando is going alcohol free today so he is serving kinkeliba tea and café touba.

Sorry but the pack up will be egg mayo baguettes because, well, Leo.

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tattoonewbie · 29/09/2025 09:45

Can’t beat an egg mayo baguette

sashh · 30/09/2025 04:04

Morning.

IRL I can now see again, I have my new glasses. I have also invested in some very (not) stylish clogs. I'm not going insane I still have the pins and needles sensation in my feet and I think that was linked to my fall so the clogs are the ones chefs wear, they are ultra non stick.

Back to breakfast.

I think 'breakfast breads'.

So Florence is making baguettes and crusty rolls.

I'm making puris, potato cakes, farls, chapattis, sourdough and not strictly a bread oatcakes.

I'll put out a selection of toppings, yoghurt, chutney, jams, marmalade and conserves.

Leo is taking orders for eggs to go with the bread.

Fernando has cocktails and mocktails.

I'm not doing a pack up today as you can really help yourselves from the bread and toppings.

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MinnieMountain · 01/10/2025 05:17

Morning

The peri-menopause is sending my sleep to shit, so I’m going to start making pancakes and put some classical music on. Let me know what fillings you want.

sashh · 01/10/2025 06:00

Morning.

Pancakes? Lovely I prefer savoury flavours so creamy mushroom and cheese.

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MinnieMountain · 01/10/2025 06:13

Coming up @sashh . I’ll put the kettle on.

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