by Jess | Nov 5, 2015 | Blog, Halen Môn on Holiday
A week in a city that never sleeps visiting customers, chefs and friends meant a week of serious eating and drinking. In the words of George Eliot, ‘one can say everything best over a meal’, so how better to do business? In the first of four blogs on our...
by Jess | Oct 15, 2015 | A panad with..., Blog
Now that so many of us have a good camera on our phones, and even Halen Môn’s co-founder David has got to grips with instagram, we are surrounded by photos in a way that we never have been before. In an ocean of imagery, it takes something special to stand out....
by Alison | Oct 13, 2015 | Blog, Surprise me!
I was asked recently for a list of cookbooks that have been influential in my life, by a friend writing his own book. As I flicked through many heavily-laden shelves, I realised how much these books have influenced how my family and I have lived for the past 40 years...
by Jess | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog, Food Festivals
The highlight of our food show calendar is always Abergavenny Food Festival – such a vibrant, colourful and delicious celebration of food, with so many of our friends, can only be a genuine treat. The weekend of the festival falls on the cusp of autumn –...
by Jess | Sep 14, 2015 | A panad with..., Blog, Media
We’ve had some brilliant visitors at Halen Môn over the years, from The Hairy Bikers to Green & Blacks, Dave Coaches to Ade Edmonson. Perhaps the most exciting one so far though, is none other than national treasure, Sir Terry Wogan. With his sharp sense of...
by David | Sep 4, 2015 | Blog, Surprise me!
It is quite rare for us to write about something on our blog that is not obviously related to Halen Môn, which perhaps emphasises how important this project is to us. Our mission statement has the word ‘sustainable’ in it, and sustainability works when it...
