Dublin: Pop in to NEDE for al fresco
LAST YEAR, Yannick Van Aeken and Louise Bannon, chefs and partners who worked for several years at Noma, toured Ireland with one of the most talked-about pop-ups of 2012.
Ballymaloe Cookery School, Kai in Galway and Dublin’s Urbun Cafe were all blitzed by the emerging brand that is Yannick & Louise, but I was underwhelmed. The Dublin pop-up gave us glimpses of what could happen when Nordic nous was applied to Irish ingredients, but overall, the experience asked too much of the staff, kitchen and ultimately the diners who paid €80pp for variable quality.
