Food at The Vanilla Pod
Food at The Vanilla Pod includes breakfast, lunch, mezze, cream teas, sweet things and evening food by Dasha Moughton. The menu is generous and varied, with Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and local Devon influences running through it.
See our drinks and wine pages for what we serve alongside our food.
Breakfast
SERVED UNTIL 12.30PM
From a generous mezze breakfast to Turkish eggs, sabich, Devonshire breakfasts and simple butties, breakfast at The Vanilla Pod runs from the familiar to the Middle Eastern.
Big Mezze Breakfast
Served until 12.30pm
Mezze to start for table to share. Minimum 2 people.
A selection of breads, olives, home-pickled seasonal vegetables, silky houmous, whipped feta and za’atar, smashed cucumber, tahini and harissa salad, rose petal and strawberry jam, Greek yoghurt with homemade ashura cereal, and seasonal fruit compote.
Middle Eastern Breakfast
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Turkish Eggs £14.95
Greek yoghurt with garlic, feta, spinach, confit cherry tomato, chilli butter, poached eggs and pitta.
Add merguez sausage — £3.95 -
Salmon & Scrambled Eggs £16.95
Sumac-cured salmon, free-range scrambled eggs, avocado and confit cherry tomato on toast.
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Sabich £14.95
A breakfast sandwich inspired by the streets of Jerusalem, with smoky aubergine, salad, tahini, fried egg and rose petal harissa, served in warm pitta.
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Devilled Lamb Kidneys £15.95
Baharat-spiced kidneys, slow-cooked with onion and pomegranate molasses, served on garlicky yoghurt with poached egg, confit cherry tomato, zhoug, pickle and pitta.
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Vegan Breakfast £14.95
Za’atar chickpea socca with grilled maple syrup and coriander seed oyster mushrooms, cherry tomato, tahini and zhoug.
Traditional Breakfasts
Simpler Breakfasts
Breakfast Butties
On Toast
Lunch
Sandwiches, Soup & Local Cheese
Lunch at The Vanilla Pod keeps things generous and unfussy, with filled sandwiches, soup, local cheeses and a proper ploughman’s.
Sandwiches
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Smoked salmon & labneh £15.95
Smoked salmon, tangy homemade labneh with sumac and baby leaves on white or granary local bloomer.
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Devon crab & lemon mayo £16.95
Devon white and brown crab meat, zesty lemon mayo on soft white or granary local bloomer. DF
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Crispy pork belly £15.95
Warm pitta topped with succulent pork belly, a fried egg, tangy kasundi chutney and fresh salad.
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Steak & caramelised onion £15.95
Rump steak and sweet caramelised onions in crusty ciabatta bread.
Add Devon Blue cheese — £1.95 -
Sabich £14.95
Smoky aubergine, fried egg, creamy tahini, fresh coriander and rose petal harissa. DF, V
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Falafel £14.95
Homemade falafel, olives, roasted red pepper, creamy garlic tahini and fresh baby leaves on pitta. DF, VN
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Devon ham, cheddar & tomato £11.95
Devon ham, mature cheddar and fresh tomato on white or granary bloomer.
Soup
Local Cheese
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Rustic Ploughman’s Feast £16.95
A generous ploughman’s lunch with salad, homemade pickle, local chutney, fresh fruit and locally baked bread. Choose white or granary bread, with a choice of regional cheese or ham.
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Additional serving £3.50
of cheese or ham.
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Local Cheese Board £14.95
Taw Valley Mature Cheddar, Devon Blue, Somerset Brie and West Country Goat’s Cheese, served with crackers, local chutney and grapes.
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Ruby Port £5.50
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Taylor’s Vintage Port £7.95
Mezze
Warm bread, pickles, houmous and sharing plates
A generous selection of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean-inspired plates, served for sharing around the table.
Bread, Pickles & Vegetable Plates
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Warm bread & pitta £6.95
VN, GF option available +£1.50
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Marinated olives £5.00
DF, GF, VN
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Homemade Vegetable pickle £5.00
DF, GF, VN
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Houmous & za’atar pitta £9.95
DF, VN
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Homemade falafel & tahini £12.95
DF, GF, VN
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Smashed cucumber £8.95
with maple tahini & crispy harissa oil DF, GF, VN
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Smoky aubergine brûlée £9.95
DF, GF, VN
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Confit potato latkes £9.95
with Lebanese toum. DF, GF, VN
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Charred oyster mushroom skewers £11.95
with tamari & coriander seeds. DF, GF, VN
Cheese, Seafood & Meat Plates
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Crispy halloumi £11.95
with black seed honey & coriander seeds. GF, V
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Whipped feta £11.95
Broad bean, dill salad, olive oil and za’atar dressing.
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Prawn saganaki* £13.95
with feta, broad bean & dill salsa. GF
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Cornish sardine boquerones* £11.95
DF, GF
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Merguez sausages* £13.95
with braised beans & spinach with rose petal harissa DF, GF
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Baharat-spiced lamb kidney skewers £12.95
with caramelised onion, pomegranate molasses & Greek yoghurt. GF
MEZZE SHARING DEAL
Any six dishes for £55.00
Perfect for two people sharing.
Dishes marked * carry a £2.00 supplement each.
Cream Teas & Sweet Things
Scones, ice cream, milkshakes and cakes
Freshly baked scones, Devon ice cream, milkshakes and home-baked cakes from the counter.
Cream Teas
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Traditional Cream Tea for 1 £8.95
Freshly baked scone with clotted cream and Hog’s Bottom strawberry jam, paired with Exmoor loose tea.
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Traditional Cream Tea for 2 £12.95
Two freshly baked scones with clotted cream and Hog’s Bottom strawberry jam, paired with Exmoor loose tea.
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Honey Cream Tea for 1 £8.95
Freshly baked walnut scone with clotted cream and honey, paired with Exmoor loose tea.
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Honey Cream Tea for 2 £12.95
Two freshly baked walnut scones with clotted cream and honey, paired with Exmoor loose tea.
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Savoury Cream Tea £13.95
Two freshly baked walnut and date scones, served with your choice of local cheese or ham and Hog’s Bottom chutney. Paired with Exmoor loose tea.
Luxury Devon Ice Cream
Flavours include double chocolate, raspberry ripple, mint choc chip, honeycomb, salted caramel and pistachio.
Vegan sorbet: passion fruit or blackcurrant.
Luxury Ice Cream Milkshakes
Whisked together with dreamy Devon ice cream and fresh milk, ta-da!
For all the herbivores out there, we've got vegan alternatives too! Please view ice cream
Cakes & Treats
A selection of home-baked cakes and treats are available at the counter.