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Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Mile High Cafe Leisure Farm, a.k.a Yunyejuyi, is an interesting name. The name “Yun”, meaning cloud, is self explanatory that it is a good place to watch the clouds. This store is right on Datong Highway with a commanding view to see Zhuolan Township. The store is eye catching and offers easy and convenient parking, in addition, its dishes are delicious that attract many visitors. But before having meals, go grab fruits first.
Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: Yunyejuyi, right on the highway, is very eye catching.

Fruits are not in the buffet; the visitors have to bring the buckets to pick fruits in the garden. The garden in Yunyejuyi applies “wildlife friendly farming”, with appeals of no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers and no weeding season to grow the crops and produces. Such farming shows Yunyejuyi’s love of the land. No pesticides imply more weeds. A dude taking care of the farming came bring us to the path in the grass and the pear tree is hidden behind.
Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: That’s right--the fruit tree is hidden behind the grass.

The tree is right under our nose hanging with pears, so why do we have to grab them? That is because pesticide free farming allows birds and worms to eat fruits so the production is only 30% of those in conventional farming and the other 70% is shared with the nature.
Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: Wildlife friendly farming ensures no pesticides on the sweet peaches hanging from the tree.

It is alright if you don’t recognize the fruits on the trees because the dude farmer will patiently introduce them. He picked a pear and handed it to me while he was talking. If it were grown by conventional farming, I would be afraid that every bite of the fruit would accompany pesticide.
Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: Yunyejuyi’s love for their home grown fruits can be told.

Dishes in Yunyejuyi are homemade creativity, integrating hakka flavor and local gingers. “The Delicious Ginger Chicken” is a savory dish. The spicy ginger mixed in the chicken soup is really appetizing. “Flying Clouds”, combining Hakka kuih and soup of salty glue pudding and the aromatic flavor of minced pork together with the chewy noodles, is the signature dish. Ginger milk and ginger coffee are the special local drinks that are highly recommended.
Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: Flying Clouds is a homemade creative dish!

Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: Ginger ice cream made from local produce.

Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: The Delicious Ginger Chicken with the emanating aroma and the warm taste is not pungent. The ginger slice is fully soaked with the chicken soup, so tasty.

Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: Garlic Ham Hock, the braised meat is tender and its gelatin dissolves immediately in the mouth.

If you agree with wildlife friendly farming, welcome to bring friends and families to pick the fruits!
The fruits in season by month: strawberry, January~ March; carrot, December~January; vegetables in season: December~ April; bamboo shoots: April~May; red fleshed pear, May~ June; peach, May~ June; passion fruit, June~ August; pumpkin, June~ September. The fruits and vegetables are various. Yet the harvest time is hard to be precisely said, please make a call before visit.
Mile High Cafe Leisure Farm (Yunyejuyi)
Add: No. 6 Ginger Garden, 9th neighborhood, Lilin Village, Dahu Township, Miaoli County
TEL: 037-951530
Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: Go grab fruits in the garden before meal time.

Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: conventional farming on the right hand side vs. wildlife friendly farming of Yunyejuyi on the left hand side. The life forces of the plants are distinctively different.

Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: Homemade jelly jam products by Yunyejuyi.

Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: ginger cookies are the featured product.

Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: The dude farmer’s pride: homemade pickled turnip, free of additives.

Bluntly Grabbing the Fruits and Falling in Love with Hakka Dishes

Photo: the family also runs Bed and Breakfast business. The rooms are clean and affordable.