Millefeuille

You'll find yourself on Cowley Road, that slightly bohemian stretch where Oxford gets a bit less twee, standing outside a proper little French patisserie. The window's full of the kind of cakes that make you pause—millefeuille with actual crisp pastry, éclairs that look like they've arrived from Paris that morning, and seasonal fruit tarts that put most high street bakeries to shame. It's the sort of place where you can tell someone's actually trained in Lyon or Lille, not just watched a YouTube tutorial. Pop in for an afternoon cake and coffee, or grab something for a picnic by the Cherwell.