Friday, 20 April 2007

Picking up some atmosphere at the café

For those who have not been able to visit café Lumiere, you may like to get a feel for some of the facilities we have and food we offer. In particular our fish tanks cause much comment from the customers who often like to look at the fish and contemplate life at a slower pace than they are used to. For their part, the fish sometimes contemplate the customers, but on one seems to mind.



Refreshment is also important at the cafe. During the mid-afternoon, when Lunch is only a distant memory, sometimes cakes and tarts are available, as you will see below.



My apologies for the fact that the fish camera used was rather old and so the picture quality is not as high as I might have wished for.

First, some pictures from our main fish tank. As you can see from these photographs the backing sheet gives the impression the tank is a lot larger than it really is. You can just see the castle in the first picture.












Here is the second tank, which was imported from Barcelona. It is very small, but provides a suitable holiday location for fish bored with the main tank.














Finally, our new tank. We have only had this new facility for a few days. This one houses our new gold fish and was a present to my youngest sister. The red and white fish is called Ermintrude or Winston Churchill according to personal preference.


















Now some tasty tarts!

























And finally cakes. Don’t be alarmed by the red and blue appearance; it is food dye used to make the cakes more distinctive.













See you at the café soon!


(My thanks to the Cheif, aka mum! and the fish for swimming so nicely)









3 comments:

Miss Moto said...

Wow...... I had not had the pleasure to see all these little ones in such detail yet! They are so lovely and look very happy in such lovely cosy tanks. I had two little goldfish a long time ago. Your silver, red and blue fish and the tiger ones look very funky. What kind of fish are they?

Oh, it is also lovely to see what a popular holiday resort the tank acquired in Barcelona has become in the aquatic society.

What a relaxing environment to enjoy a caffelatte in.. And the tarts and cakes look awesome too!

Autumn Blake said...

I hadn't realised just how many fish you keep, there at the cafe! And such pretty ones, too!

Also, multicoloured cakes! Very fitting :)

Moto Fitzroi said...

Yes, I was hoping to post a video of the fish in action. Sadly, the footage I made was a little unimpressive, being shot in dark conditions. Next time I have the facilities to though, I will try to post a nice video experience for the cafe readers to sample.