Daniel Mensah

Dad of two, terrible at chess, suspiciously good at pancakes

📍 Walthamstow, London, GB

🤝 Where you might know me from

Organisations

Hackney Community Choir · London · Bass (the loud one)

💭 To understand me a little better

Good to know about me

I will talk to you about pancakes for longer than is reasonable.

My boundaries

Sundays are for the kids. I go quiet.

How I find communication easier

Tell me the plan once, clearly — then text it too.

If you ever come to my house

There is Lego. There is always Lego. Mind your feet.

What gives me energy

Kids asleep, kitchen tidy, and a film I've seen a hundred times.

What drains me

Soft play. The noise, the ball pit of doom.

💛 Things I love, can't get enough of, or have been dreaming about

A proper cast-iron pan

The kind you hand down.

Noise-cancelling headphones

For the school run.

An annual railcard

Romantic? No. Useful? Enormously.

🙅 Things that aren't really for me

Escape rooms

I have two children. My life is an escape room.

⭐ A few of my favourite things

Favourite films

School of Rock — I know every word.

Favourite TV shows

Bluey — Perfect television.

Favourite music & bands

Stevie Wonder — For the kitchen-dancing.

🧰 Tips & life hacks I can share

Batch-cook every Sunday

Freeze portions in labelled tubs.

🧩 Problems I'm trying to solve — ideas welcome

Beating my 6-year-old at Connect 4

She sees three moves ahead. Send help.

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