Station eats... The exploding bakery

Photo taken from the webpage of The Exploding Bakery - I was too excited by the food to take any pictures myself I'm afraid.

Looking for lunch at a train station? WH Smith, M&S if you're lucky - both fit the bill, but not really worth writing home about. But just outside Exeter Central, there's something much more interesting to be found - 'The Exploding Bakery'. They mainly bake fab traybakes for wholesale, but they also have a  little cafe and take-away corner for us regular punters. When I was there they had a lovely potato tortilla (much more flavoursome than many I've tried), a spiced chickpea soup, monmouth coffee and a selection of cakes (particularly notable was a really moist carrot & orange cake, as well as a raspberry & white chocolate bakewell). The interior is also worth a mention with great rough-wood worktops and a sort of un-frilly bachelor pad chic - I don't know if that's a real term, but it seemed to sum it up for me. The wholesale bakery 'production zone' sits unashamedly next to the cafe area (a good sign I think!) so you can watch the traybakes being sliced and sprinkled as you deliberate over the tempting options. The staff all seem genuinely passionate about what they do as well - I ended up comparing flapjack technique as I placed my order - something I am yet to experience in any chain coffee-house!

I bought a slice of tortilla, spiced chickpea soup and a slice of carrot cake (to share all 3 with my mum) and we paid £7.50 in total. There is also a very small car park in front of the station (and right next to the bakery) where you can pay 50p for 15mins (or 80p for 30mins) - perfect if you just want to dive in to grab lunch en route to someplace else!

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