HALEN MÔN BLOG
Expect interesting and delicious articles on everything from how to use our pure sea salt to eco-friendly gift ideas, how to season like a chef to flavoured salt recipes.
Restaurant review: Brawn
STALKS AND SNOUTS ON COLUMBIA ROAD Organising activities and interesting eating experiences for mixed generation (3 in this case) groups in London can be tricky but last weekend it was expertly achieved. Early Sunday morning the extended HM family ventured to East...
A Panad With… Paxton & Whitfield’s Jeremy Bowen
Like Fortnum & Mason and Borough Market, Paxton and Whitfield’s flagship shop on Jermyn St is one of London’s iconic food destinations. The finest cheese shop we have ever set foot in, you smell it long before you walk in, and remember it long after you walk out....
Posh mushy peas with the perfect egg
INGREDIENTSServes 4 250g peas (fresh or frozen) 250g broad beans (fresh or frozen, but fresh obviously preferable. You may want to remove the tough outer shell if using frozen to keep a sweetness to the dip) 100g full fat creme fraiche Handful of fresh mint leaves...
Friends across the pond
Fans of HM will probably know by now that our Pure Sea Salt Smoked Over Welsh Oak is an essential ingredient in President Obama's favourite chocolates (watch a Welsh language video of our favourite Gavin and Stacey actor, Stefan Rhodri - AKA Dave Coaches - in Seattle,...
A Panad with… Green & Blacks’ Micah Carr-Hill
Following on from our interview with award-winning Chef Tomos Parry, next up is Micah Carr-Hill, a freelance Taste Consultant, who works for Green & Black's chocolate, amongst others. He is the man responsible for the tastes of most of the iconic chocolate brand's...
Our new shop
Our tours have been doing a roaring trade since we started them a few weeks ago (we even have our own TripAdvisor page now) but we realised that we haven't really talked about our lovely new shop. Some readers of our blog might have visited Shop Cwtch, Jess' shop,...
Creative Juices at the ready! WIN two new salts from Hoxton Street Monster Supplies
We have been collaborating with innovative Hoxton Street Monster Supplies shop for a few years now, helping produce their fabulous Salt Made from Tears range. For these clever products, our salts are beautifully packaged in glass bottles and branded as salt 'made from...
A Panad With…Kitty Fisher’s Chef Tomos Parry
For those unfamiliar with the term, 'panad' is a Welsh word for a 'cuppa.' In our new blog feature, we'll be having a cup of (Welsh brew) tea with friends and colleagues working in the food industry and asking them 10 questions about their love of food and drink. From...
An audience with Michael Sheen: a Welsh celebration
Last week HM was lucky enough to attend 'An Audience with Michael Sheen', an event organised by BAFTA Cymru to celebrate the creative industries and culture of Wales, held at none other than BAFTA HQ in the heart of London's Picadilly. We were invited by Menter a...
Wasn’t it good, Norwegian wood?
Our New Year’s Resolution was to try to always combine pleasure with business. I am very lucky that I enjoy my work but I haven’t always taken advantage of being in the places I’ve visited. Thus it was that we flew to Oslo nearly 48 hours before our first appointment...