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.
Beautifully sustainable
Some people will know that I am fond of wood - growing it, cutting it, turning it, storing it, smelling it and burning it. I have a barn at home, but a slightly bigger project is on the horizon. Our new Saltcote is to be clad in 500 square metres of Welsh wood, and I...
Work Starts on a new £1 million home for Anglesey Sea Salt
Work has started on a £1m new home for iconic food producer Halen Môn/Anglesey Sea Salt. Award-winning builders Anwyl Construction will complete the state of the art new production plant and visitor centre before the end of the year, ready for production to start...
New York, New York
The Fancy Food Show and it's host city of New York never fail to delight us in their culinary offerings. Above is a the light lunch served in Macy's on an afternoon snuck away from the show. Then there was the truly memorable supper at Prune with the lovely Fran of...
The art of sea salt making
'My aim is to unite art with science to create something unique and precious' So says artist Ruth McClees, who has begun experimenting with different sized flakes of Halen Môn in her work with beautiful results. Ruth has been evaporating samples of Halen Môn brine,...
Full Circle
'Innovation is uncomfortable. Real innovation is awkward to do...you have to leave your comfort zone to be successful.' (David Lea-Wilson, 2010.) Discuss the role of, and the approach to, innovation at Halen Môn. - so read a recent exam paper at Bangor University for...
Matcha & Miso: Halen Môn in Tokyo
We have been sending Halen Môn to Japan for some years, and it’s highly prized for miso and soy sauce making as well as eating in its flaky state. And indeed I've wanted to visit Japan for a long time. I got very close to it in 2011 and finally reached there in 2014...
A GREAT Trade Mission: Halen Môn in Hong Kong
Firstly, a few facts: •Hong Kong is 5 hours away from half the world’s population.• 7.2 million people live in Hong Kong, with virtually full employment.• The former Portuguese colony Macau is the place where 29.3 million people (60% mainland Chinese, 40% SE Asians)...
A look back
Here at HM HQ, we've been looking forward a lot recently. To the summer as the weather turns from cold and crisp to cool and bright, to the future as our new saltcote plans become ever closer to reality, and to new and exciting export markets as Alison travels to...
Artisan Baker: Alex Gooch
We always feel an affinity with food producers who have principles about what they do, and are passionate about what they create. Artisan baker Alex Gooch is no exception to the rule. 'Good bread takes patience, passion and instinct. The wild yeast starter and long...
St David’s Day at Fortnum & Mason
'To be born Welsh Is… privileged. Not with a silver spoon in the mouth, but music in the blood & poetry in the soul' - so tweeted BBC Wales on St David's Day. The only thing we felt lay forgotten was 'good food in the stomach', because we have such a bounty of...