Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Taco Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their taco creations into this challenge, most have created a special taco creation just for this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their tacos on their menu from May 9-31, 2014.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the tacos in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best taco creation for the People’s Choice award winners.
Share your experiences: Tweet (and don’t forget to tweet or instagram your photos) throughout the challenge, our twitter and instagram address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #TacoChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your tweets during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite taco creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.
Watch – – > the Vancouver Taco Challenge Global TV Saturday Morning News with hosts Lynn Colliar and Jay Janower on May 3, 2014
Get some friends together and make a day or night of it, visit 2 places or more to share and taste the different taco creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites
Here are the 8 Taco dishes in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Las Tortas
Trio of Fish Tacos Mexico Lindo
Trio of Fish Tacos Mexico Lindo
Price: $14.95
Created by: Chef Moises Toyber, Chef Miguel Villalobos
Description: El dorado fish (mahi-mahi) presented in 3 different cooking styles:
From Mazatlan Sinaloa: Zarandeado, Open flame grilled in a smoky barbq pepper sauce.
From Acapulco: Costeno, grilled with our house 5 herbs seasoning, cabbage, cilantro sauce and guacamole.
From the Peninsula of Yucatan : TikinChick, baked in a banana leaf with a blend of sour orange, lime, and achiote adobo. A true Mayan delicacy.
Served along a Pineapple Cucumber Pico de gallo, Green Tomatillo Sauce and our Signature Taquera Salsa.
Offered: both lunch and dinner
Las Tortas
3353 Cambie Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-569-1402
Twitter: @LASTORTAS
Darby’s Public House
Darby’s Braised Lamb Tacos
Darby’s Braised Lamb Tacos
Price: $10.95
Created by: Chef A.J. Jackson
Description: Cumin Braised Lamb Taco with pickled red onions, cilantro, flour tortilla
Offered: all day 11am-midnight
Darby’s Public House
2001 Macdonald St, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 731-0617
Web: http://www.darbyspub.ca/
Twitter: @darbys_in_kits
American Grille
Chimichurri Steak Tacos
Chimichurri Steak Tacos
Price: $16.00
Created by: Chef Jaspere Regalado
Description: Juicy marinated flank steak on a bed of slow-cooked, marinated onions and topped with pico de gallo and cilantro chimichuri. Served with a side of chipotle cream and lime wedge. Comes with soup, salad or fries.
Offered: Lunch only
American Grille
7571 Westminster Highway, Richmond
Tel: 604-232-2804
Web: http://americangrille.blogspot.ca/
Twitter: @GrilleYVR
Blue Canoe Restaurant
Papito Fish Tacos
Papito Fish Tacos
Price: $14.49
Created by: Executive Chef Danilo Ibarra
Description: Smoked paprika spiced fish, jicama slaw, salsa fresca, avocado crema and corn tortillas.
Offered: All day
Location: 140-3866 Bayview Street, Richmond
Tel: 604-275-7811
Web: http://www.bluecanoerestaurant.com
Twitter: @bluecanoeresto
Pier 7 Restaurant
Taco Chorizo Taco
Taco Chorizo Taco
Price: $12
Created by: Chef Michael Mikoda
Description: Olive oil roasted pacific octopus, chorizo sofrito, blackened corn
Offered: Daily
Pier 7 Restaurant
25 Wallace Mews Rd, North Vancouver
Tel: 604-929-7437
Web: http://pierseven.ca/
Twitter: @pier7restaurant
Café for Contemporary Art
The Zissou
Price: $4.75
Created by: Chef Steve
Description: Breaded Basa (baked), Chipotle Yogurt/Mayo, Guacamole, Pico de Gallo, Pickled Red Onion, and Coleslaw.
Offered: Daily
Café for Contemporary Art
140 Esplanade E, North Vancouver
Tel: (778) 340-3379
Web: http://cafeforcontemporaryart.com/
Twitter: @cafca140
Patron Tacos & Cantina
Pato Taco
Pato Taco
Price: $3.85 each (or 3 tacos for $11)
Created by: Chef Enrique Menendez
Description: Duck taco served with a mango salsa (mango, jalapeño, red onion, cilantro.)
Offered: Lunch and dinner daily
Patron Tacos & Cantina
265 Robson Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-558-3368
Twitter: @patrontc
El Azteca Mexican Kitchen & Bar
Taco Canaco
Taco Canaco
Price: $13
Created by: Chef Jesus Brown Garcia
Description: Salmon scallops sprout mix – house-made gluten free tortilla – arugula garlic and a cilantro tequila based salsa
Offered: Daily for lunch and dinner
El Azteca Mexican Kitchen & Bar
1130 Mainland Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-638-0127
Web: http://elaztecavancouver.com/
Twitter: @elaztecavan
Make sure you pick up one of the Taco Challenge postcards available at each of the participating restaurants and keep a record of your favourite Tacos. Remember to Vote for your favourites daily, all the voting details are at https://vancouverfoodster.com/taco-challenge/
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Joe Leary
Host of Just Here for the Beer Radio, Broadcaster, Feature Writer/Columnist for 24 Hours Newspaper, Feature Writer BC Lions Magazine
Twitter: @reallyjoeleary
Kelly Marion
Blogger for Marionate Overnight
Twitter: @KellyJean247
Alvin Lee
Food imagery Photographer and Writer for http://EatinginVancouver.ca & http://VancityBuzz.com
Twitter: @alvinkclee
Alyssa Dawson
Lifestyle host and producer. Host at Novus TV, blogger.
Twitter: @AlyssaCDawson
By: Richard Wolak
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