Gourmet eating - Pilgrim Style!

I´ve made several comments about the food on the Camino and you may have gotten the impression that it is universally bad. This is not really the case. However, variety in pilgrim menus doesn´t really exist and whilst filling, it isn´t very healthy as it doesn´t contain enough vegetables to keep me happy. Lots of chips, meat (usually pork) and legumes together with the ubiquitous bread make the general menu for pilgrims - cheap and filling is about it. However, as I´ve been basically travelling with a couple of other Aussies from Western Australia for the past 10 days or so, and they are completely over the standard pilgrim menu offerings, we have been seeking out more interesting food. Not good on the bank balance but excellent for the taste buds and variety. Yesterday, in Astorga, we ended up at a wonderful restaurant that served us prawns and mushrooms in a wonderful sauce (sounded funny but was a great combination). Over the past couple of days I´ve managed to have trout stuffed with vegetables, a large plate of grilled vegetables, leeks filled with seafood, leeks with smoked salmon (leeks are a speciality of this area), wonderful vegetable soup and today, one of the best seafood and fish soups I´ve ever had. Truly, the life of a pilgrim is hard work and suffering!