Based on figures from the gas company, Chou Wei-pao estimates that 400-500 new restaurants open each month there, while about 300 go out of business. There are more cases of Taiwanese restaurateurs having gone home with their tails between their legs than there are of them becoming leaders of the pack.
透過瓦斯公司的數字，台南擔仔麵總經理周文保估計，在上海每個月大約有四、五百間餐廳開幕，但是也有三百家關門熄火，台面下鎩羽而歸的例子比台面上風光的還多得多。