Dundrum: Ananda is a class act

Ananda, Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin; tel: [phone]; anandarestaurant.ie

AWARDS are strange creatures. On the one hand, we can’t get enough of them. On the other, in our heart of hearts, we all know that judging one completely different set of dishes, rooms, chefs and customers above another is inherently ridiculous.

“I cannot abide by the judgment of other people,” Woody Allen once said. “Because if you accept it when they say you deserve an award, then you have to accept it when they say you don’t.”