In fact, back when the singing hall business was at its peak, Taipei's Western-style restaurants had already begun to sneak in some small-scale live performances. Usually, these featured unknown singers performing mostly Western and Taiwanese songs to simple instrumental accompaniment.
事實上，早在歌廳生意大行其道時，台北市的西餐廳已經開始「挾帶」小型的現場演唱；通常是由一些不出名的歌手，以簡單的樂器做現場表演，以演唱西洋歌曲及民歌為主。