In the early post-World-War-Ⅱ era, most of the people of Taiwan were impoverished; only mainlander bureaucrats, officers or entrepreneurs could afford to eat in restaurants. For this reason, restaurants were entirely the domain of mainland cuisine.
光復初期，台灣人民多半窮困，只有大陸遷台的文官、武將或企業家才吃得起餐廳，因此，各地餐館全是外省菜的天下。