Soup and Toppings Bar at the Hostel
Flickr Photo Credit: Ninja Poodles
I think this is a super cheap but fun idea for a group participation dinner at the hostel.
Make one or two yummy heart warming soups and have a bunch of toppings available to spoon over the top. If you feel the need, include some bruschetta and a bottle of wine. I wrote a recent article with pics on Wise Bread with ideas for more unusual soup toppers. Check it out for more ideas on this fun group participation travel dinner.
Posted on October 25th, 2007 by Myscha Theriault
Filed under: Recipes for the Road
It’s a great idea. When I was younger and backpacked around South America for a year, I was always surprised at how little other travellers ate together, and ate well together. Quite a few times I spontaneously cooked big pastas and salad and sent people out for a wine, and after that organized a few similar group dinners, and it was just so much fun. It’s so long since I’ve stayed in a hostel, although I check a lot of them out as part of my work, but I wonder if travellers socialise more over big bowls of soups and bottles of vino. I’d be keen to hear your experiences more.
Hi Lara.
We definitely enjoyed checking out hostels on the around the world trip we did last year. Since we both turn 40 this summer, we found it a blast to reconnect with the younger crowd during our travels, and also to meet people our own age or older who were doing it as well. A really fun crowd.
One thing I’ve noticed about hostel dinners is that it depends on the hostel’s kitchen facilities just as much as it depends on the crowd of people you are trying to organize a meal with.
Also, if you are there with a group you already know, that certainly breaks the ice a bit as far as sharing the cost of a meal.