Birthday Boy Calls the Shots

     Today was Dad's birthday, so when he came to me with a meal plan for dinner, I was happy to oblige.  The recipe was a sort of banh mi sandwich, with the meat being grilled on shish kebabs.
     The grill heated up quickly, leaving me scrambling to skewer the meat and get it out on the hot coals.  As with any meat on the grill, especially sirloin steak cut into bite-size pieces, we were back inside, slicing open baguettes and filling them to make surprisingly large sandwiches.
     Chewing through the thick bread and steak combination left us little room for conversation, but we still managed to sing happy birthday before digging into the chocolate-peanut butter cake Mimi made.