Going into the fields and you will see “First Village” in distance, with a herbal garden of 1,200 square meters, growing more than 200 types of indigenous herbs and potherbs such as solanum nigrum, honey suckles, asystasia gangetica.

First Village is located upriver of Dongshan River, and the water quality is therefore pure and pollution free. It has a complete range of natural ecology and resources. Medicinal Plant Association of Yilan County grew medicinal plants and herbs here in 2002; “Herb & Health Meals” have been served since First Village opened in 2004.

Tian Mama Shu-Hui SHEN and her husband utilize their rich knowledge on medicinal herbs and pick 15 edible herbs from more than 200 medicinal herbs for the cuisine; medicinal herbs are cold in nature, hence there are gingers, lyceum, and jujube in the meals to make a balance.

Trema dielsiana Hand.-Mazz. Can clear heat and resolve toxin. Mash the Trema dielsiana Hand.-Mazz., and cook with tiny dried fish and diced sweet potato, the soup tastes sticky and the aftertaste is slightly bitter harmonized by the sweetness of sweet potato; the soup can resolve summer heat in the scorching summer. “Five Color Dumplings in Rice Wine Soup” has the red infested rice, eucommia, poria decoction, gardenia jasminoides Ellis, Taiwan ginsheng and Malabar spinach in the little sticky rice balls, together with the wine-fermented glutinous rice, lyceum and an egg; the ingredients in this bowl of dessert can benefit the five vicera.