If your dad lives to eat or just enjoys experimenting with new cuisines, an all-expenses paid dinner at the hottest restaurant in town should do the trick.
If that's a little hard to manage, a delicious home-cooked meal with all his favourite dishes from his kids might work just as well.
Cakes and chocolates are the regular fare, but go down well just the same. So if you're on a tight budget, pick up a cake (or better yet, bake him one) and print a sentimental message in the icing.
Photograph: Paresh Gandhi
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