Banh Mi!

So this coming Satday I am holding a BBQ in the name of charity. To raise money for Blue September, I'm having a Banh Mi barbecue with all my friends. I have two main motives for doing this:

1. I've donated a moderate amount of money to friends this year doing various charity works and I feel it's my time to get mine. There's a bit of truth and a bit of joke in there. It really is what they've done this year that has inspired me to take on a task that should challenge me. I've supported friends running various distances for sick kids, doing the 40 hour famine or living below poverty. They sacrifice their time (and well being in some cases) to do something good for the world, while all I can do is throw money at them.
2. A culinary challenge. In the kitchen, there are two hurdles: producing good food, and producing LOTS of food. I've had a try at making good food (with various degrees of success), but now I wanted to try cooking for the masses. I had already decided in my mind I wanted to do a barbecue of sorts during the mid-sem break and chancing upon Blue September seemed like serendipity. I decided to step away from my usual route of cooking lots of different dishes in smaller quantities to just doing one or two things but lots of it. After watching The Great Food Truck Race, making Banh Mi was the obvious choice.
3. To pull chicks.

The charity itself doesn't hold a spot in my heart. We have a relationship out of convenience. That's not to say I turn my nose at their work. What they're doing will undoubtedly be for my benefit in the future. Even though none of my male relatives have been diagnosed with cancer, there's always a first. As bad as this sounds, I'm sure I will some of my acquitances (past, present or future) will be touched in some way and I want to get in their good books now.