At the beginning of the 1970's, as Taiwan's balance of trade shifted from a secular deficit to a surplus, and per capita income more than doubled every five years, restaurants specializing in the elegant appeared, including French restaurants and seafood palaces; while high-class Chinese restaurants, where the emphasis was on conspicuous consumption and ambience, rose one after the other.
民國六十年代起，台灣對外貿易由長期的逆差轉為順差，國民所得更是每五年就呈倍數以上成長，走精緻路線的餐廳興起，法國餐館、海鮮樓，及各種講排場，吃氣氛的高級中餐廳一家接著一家開幕。