From the boondocks to the palace After Taiwan returned to Chinese rule in the late 1940s, a large number of well-known cooks from all over the mainland congregated in Taiwan, and all the restaurants rushed to solicit the services of the mainland chefs.
台灣光復後，來自大陸各省的名廚匯集台灣，各餐館紛紛聘請外省名廚掌廚，本土台菜因而失去了空間，轉而往酒家發展。