Francoise and I went to Wufenpu Shopping Area（五分埔商圈） after Hisashi had abandoned us for his cycling mates in a weekend club outing. Word has it that in the Qing Dynasty, five prominent clans had divided this area into five divisions and hence the name. Less known than either Ximending or Shilin Night Market, Wufenpu is actually the largest clothes market in Taipei with more than a hundred clothes shops, and reportedly even celebrities come here to create a fashion statement.
There is a night market with the regular street vendors peddling food and snacks, and Francoise and I had dinner at a bubble tea cafe (becoming almost obsolete in Singapore after the bubble of the bubble tea industry had burst years ago). I used to frequent bubble tea outlets in the past and have always detested the "take-and-go" concept at stalls, so it was indeed reminiscent and welcoming for me to cure this nostalgia of mine here in Taiwan.
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