Like Broadway in the 2010s, Hamilton remains the big name in Felixstowe. Second, like Southwold in the 1930s, is possibly Orwell. We're talking roads, of course, specifically the A1021 that joins Garrison Lane in the west to Ranelagh Road in the east. Should you need evidence of time passing, try finding previously visited eateries along Orwell Road such as Comptons or Lillie's or Sangha or Silks.

Yet they keep coming, the latest being the floral Little Dreams which replaced the veritable Polish Hut mid 2024. Andy's nabbed a nice spot on Inspector Brownlow Road: that free hour will easily be enough, right? We're all set to sit outside on their solitary table-for-two when spots become free inside, a nifty window seat with a full frontal view of the Greenhouse Cafe.

Chocka in here with sketches of sweet treats on the wall. Time to order drinks at the counter first, so that'll be a medicinal cherry Dr Pepper for Andy and a fruity Tango Mango (a play on the 1971 album by Can?) for me. Yes, we're that sophisticated. There's more than one unfortunate apostrophe on view -- "jacket potato's" / "panini's" -- but we'll let that go. Half-hour wait on food, says the slightly harassed woman, if that's OK? That'll be fine, I say, and return to a seated position.

Great to have a catch-up after a few weeks. We've mostly caught up by the time the drinks arrive, and scratching around a bit when the same woman approaches our table to say she's now preparing our lunch. The girl who'd taken my order had to leave at 2pm for another job leaving only one poor person to do the lot. Into that second hour when food thankfully appears, and it's decent: chunky coronation chicken sandwich for YT and, unsurprisingly, the all-day breakfast bap (item number one on the menu) including hash brown for The Yorkshire Lad.

Now into our second hour and, with one of us due back in the office, there ain't no time to use their ice cream factory. Splending cake selection, though: takeaway flat white finished on the return journey before I very much enjoyed my white choc brownie in my ergonomic swivel chair.

If it was a car -- 2016 DS from Dreams Car, Slough.
If they were passing by -- Gabrielle.