i was really hungry.

yesterday was one of the rare occasions that chris was home from work, so we got to eat a lunch special!! lunch specials are typically cheaper AND tastier than anything you could ever order for dinner.

we went to hope’s fish and chips in livonia for their $5.95 clam chowder and fish sandwich. it was around 2 o’clock, and we were the only ones there. all the employees were at a table in the back playing a game of dice.

out came our clam chowder!! it was not as chowder-y as i expected. it was less chowdery and more soupy. however, my prior experience with any type of chowder is very limited. the only other clam chowder i’ve ever eaten (unfortunately) came from a can, but chris had never eaten clam chowder PERIOD so i felt like some kind of a chowder master. either way, i can safely say it was the best chowder i’ve ever eaten.

our fish sandwiches came out. they were very simple: a white hamburger bun likely from a bag, and a single piece of greasy fish. but slathered in tartar sauce, they were (very, very) good!!!

after our $5.95 chowder and sandwich, we went next door to the GM paris bakery. its a polish bakery that is packed on paczki day, but i had never been there on a regular, non-paczki day. a paczki (poonch-key) is basically a giant, fried jelly donut that packs in approx 500 calories and 30-40 grams of fat. they are eaten once a year on fat tuesday, the day before ash wednesday, for anyone who is unaware. if you want to die, you might eat several paczkis throughout the day. another source on the internet states that eating two paczkis is equivalent to eating five slices of bread, a half cup of custard, and six tablespoons of shortening.

anyways, it was not fat tuesday so no paczki eaters were in the bakery, and we bought these cupcakes. they were upside down! i am easily excited by stupid things like upside down cupcakes, so i flipped out! wowowow! we got two, one chocolate and one… red. it wasn’t really strawberry and it wasn’t really cherry, or anything else, but it was SO GOOD, and red. the yellow cake was rolled in red jelly stuff and coconut and it had a swirl of white frosting with globby red delicious stuff in the middle! the chocolate one was a chocolate cupcake spread with frosting and rolled in oreo crumbs, with an oreo on top! AHHHH!

finally i stopped freaking out about upside down cupcakes, and went home. next time i make cupcakes, they sure as hell aren’t going to be right side up.