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The first course of the peregrino menú which is exactly the same thing as the menú del dia anywhere else, and which is, for some reason, the same every day.
     If you ask for the menú you'll get the list of fixed-price set meals. I heard one American lady complaining that the locals managed to get things that us foreigners weren't offered, but it was just that the locals knew that to go a la carte, you have to ask for "la carta", not el menú. She also, later, complained that the wine was watered down - not likely, since it probably cost €0.15 a litre, and the rest of the meal wasn't skimped on. You shouldn't expect Faustino I when a three course meal with wine, water and coffee costs €6.50. To give her her due, before we reached Santiago, she was as laid-back as you could wish for. It was wonderful to see the change from a fairly aggressive tourist expecting to be exploited, to a trusting person who loved the Spanish way of life.