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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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ScottBakula · 21/03/2025 16:58

The rib stew sounds good , canni have that with a side of kimchee please @sashh

@ImDoneOnceAndForAll , I was really lucky with the weather, the 1st night was windy and cold , but the next few days have been very calm , sunny and warm.

It's dine me the world of good buggering off for a few days .

ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 22/03/2025 03:13

ScottBakula · 21/03/2025 16:58

The rib stew sounds good , canni have that with a side of kimchee please @sashh

@ImDoneOnceAndForAll , I was really lucky with the weather, the 1st night was windy and cold , but the next few days have been very calm , sunny and warm.

It's dine me the world of good buggering off for a few days .

Thats great :)

ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 22/03/2025 03:14

Laying in bed feeling hungry and wondering what i could have for breakfast, why do i fancy a frozen Creme egg :)

ScottBakula · 22/03/2025 03:25

Well my break away has done me good , or so I thought . I went to bed only a hour ago and have had a horrible nightmare. ( me inflicting barbaric violence)
So I am no sat here feeling very discombobulated and jumpy .
So I am going to have a horlicks and a Mars bar and hope I can get some decent sleep.
Therr is chilled creme eggs and alsorts of other chocolates in the fridge , help yourself @ImDoneOnceAndForAll

ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 22/03/2025 04:12

@ScottBakula Glad you enjoyed your time away but sorry about the nightmare!
Hope you are already back to sleep and have no more nasty dreams

sashh · 22/03/2025 04:19

Morning.

I knew I would convert at lest one of you to chocolate for breakfast.
@ScottBakula maybe I should expand the hot drinks range to include Horlicks, Bovril, Ovaltine and Milo.

Now breakfast, I think Latvia today so rye bread open sandwiches, porridge with fruit and nuts and of course Leo will make eggs to order.

Florence is making Latvian apple cakes and Fernando is trying out adding alcohol to the hot drinks.

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ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 23/03/2025 02:09

Oooh, i wonder what is on the menu this morning….

I fancy Strawberries dipped in Chocolate but it has to be Cadbury’s 😂

sashh · 23/03/2025 06:46

Morning.

No strawberries in the café, sorry, they are evil. You van have raspberries dipped in chocolate instead,

Well Latvian breakfast wasn't popular so lets go for a 'full' English, Scottish, Welsh and NI fry up. Yes I know in NI it is an Ulster Fry.

So Sausages, Lincolnshire, Cumberland or pork, back bacon, eggs cooked however you like (Leo is quite excited about this), beans, bubble and squeak, hash browns, toast, fried bread, lorn sausage, lava bread, black pudding, white pudding, tomatoes, mushrooms and potato cakes.

Florence is making more toast to have with jam or marmalade and Fernando is making builder's tea.

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sashh · 24/03/2025 02:15

Morning.

Well the fry ups were a bit of a miss then.

So I'll give F and F a day off and bribe them to take Leo with them.

I think this morning I'll just do hot drinks, fruit juice and toast.

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ScottBakula · 24/03/2025 14:43

Ohh I missed out on the fry up , bugger !

Well Leo is looking a bit bored so I am going to get him to make a big omelette I will have some of it hot now , help yourself to some hot or cold later .

sashh · 25/03/2025 05:37

Well it is quiet again so I'm going to let Leo wash the animals in the petting zoo and I'll take a seat and wait for any orders.

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sashh · 25/03/2025 05:37

@ScottBakula do you want a fry up? I can do one for you.

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ScottBakula · 25/03/2025 09:14

Yes please @sashh , can I have Cumberland, smoked back bacon, beans , black pudding, fried mushrooms, poached eggs, and hash browns please

sashh · 25/03/2025 09:20

Not a problem, enjoy it.

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sashh · 26/03/2025 03:19

Morning.

Well we have not, as far as I can remember done a breakfast from Chad.

La Bouillie, a rice porridge with peanut butter. Florence is making millet cakes and Fernando is making fruit cocktails / mocktails

Leo is frying eggs, they have nothing to do with a Chadian breakfast but he doesn't care.

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StopGo · 26/03/2025 03:40

Morning! I'm awake watching our dog sleep (she was unwell yesterday). A cup of tea would be much appreciated, thank you.

sashh · 26/03/2025 03:47

One cup of tea on the way, I'll get the kittenbees to fly over a biscuit.

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MyOtherProfile · 26/03/2025 05:24

I'm with Leo. A fried egg or two is always appropriate.

I'm here again - I'm blaming menopause. A friend recommended magnesium but I'm sleeping worse since I started taking it!

sashh · 26/03/2025 05:33

@MyOtherProfile Here you go a plate of fried eggs.

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SparkleShineRainbow · 26/03/2025 05:42

Just stumbled across your charming cafe. I like to spend the hours of 4-6 am scrolling on my phone and intending to do yoga, so I’m wondering if we could start a yoga corner in the cafe? On warm mornings we could take it outside and do it by the water feature.
mum no expert but I’ll happily make up some breakfast themed poses with anyone who want to join in. Things like ‘teapot’ and ‘humbled crumpet’.
we won’t do down dogs in case it confuses all the real dogs who seem to be here. I hope they leave the kitten bees alone.

sashh · 26/03/2025 05:48

@SparkleShineRainbow Lovely idea, pick a corner.

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sashh · 26/03/2025 05:33

@MyOtherProfile Here you go a plate of fried eggs.

My favourite, thank you!

burntoutnurse · 27/03/2025 00:05

Can anyone join? Either can’t get to sleep at all or wake at 3/4am. (Bloody menopause!)

tattoonewbie · 27/03/2025 04:46

I'm here ! I'd love a decaf coffee and a crumpet. Humble or otherwise

sashh · 27/03/2025 05:08

Morning.

Welcome @burntoutnurse please come in and make yourself comfortable.

So today I think we will head for Madagascar for rice with sausages, crusty bread with butter and coffee and tea.

Florence is making Vanilla pudding, Fernando has taoka gasy and of course Leo is cooking eggs.

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