Pilgrim dinner

With literally no other option to eat in Fonfrià, everybody pottered down the hill from the albergue to their separate dining hall.

By far the biggest pilgrim meal I've had, with about 100 people seated around long communal tables, treated to maybe the best meal I've had so far!

Vegetable soup in a clear broth, with clearly local veggies, sourdough on the side. The main was an absolutely incredible falling apart tender beef, also local. Juicy, flavourful, with peppers, peas, and mushrooms. I had firsts, seconds, thirds, and would've had fourths if I didn't care about being too full to sleep. Dessert was another local specialty - Santiago cake, a dense cake topped with powdered sugar, similar to an almond meal cake, moist and deeeeeelicious.Read more