Inside Hong Lai Herbology, you'll discover a place where traditional Chinese herbal culture meets modern aesthetics, extending beyond an ordinary herbal shop to offer a warm, thoughtful blend of traditional culture, wellness and contemporary lifestyle. Owner Matt Chen comes from a family with generations of experience in Chinese and western medicine and he utilizes his extensive knowledge of herbs in every detail of the shop. This includes its striking paper mulberry bark light fixture, which echoes the shop's use of paper mulberry (ash (之)) in traditional remedies. Customers can also select from a carefully selected range of Chinese herbs, healthy teas and nourishing products, all chosen for quality and everyday wellness. Next door, Matt's wife runs a dessert shop and the two businesses collaborate with creative treats and drinks featuring herbal ingredients, including cinnamon rolls, coffee and sparkling drinks (about NT$85-150).
老闆陳建融（Matt Chen），出身中西藥行世家，承襲家族專業，將多年累積的藥材知識融入店內每一處細節。最吸睛的莫過於懸掛在欄檯上的構樹皮燈飾，呼應店內使用楮寶子入藥的特色，讓傳統藥材文化以藝術形式呈現，展現別具巧思的品味。店內精選各式中藥材、養生茶飲及滋補產品，請究品質與來源，適合日常保健與滋補需求。值得一提的是，陳建融的太太在店面隔壁經營甜點店，兩家店攜手合作，讓顧客在選購養生食材之餘，也能品嚐以中藥元素製成的甜點（肉桂捲）與飲品（咖啡、氣泡飲），價格約落在85-150元，享受健康與美味兼具的生活提案。蓮萊蔘藥行不僅是一間蔘藥行，更是一個傳承漢方文化、結合生活美學的溫暖空間。