Welcome to the 3rd Annual Vancouver Foodster Sundae Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their Sundae creations into this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their sundae creations on their menu from August 3-27, 2017.

How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the sundae creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best sundae 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 #SundaeChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your tweets during the challenge.

Voting criteria –  some things to help you judge your favourite sundae creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.

Get some friends together and make a day or night of it, visit 2 places or more to taste the different sundae creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourite

Here are the 11 Sundae creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.

Tmix Tea & Dessert

Signature Bubble Waffle Pyramid Sundae

Price: $21.95 (serves 2-4 persons)

Created by: Kathy Tung

Description: 3 levels, alternating levels of bubble waffiles with 5 scoops of our homemade Artisan Ice cream, topped with strawberries and whipped cream.

Type: Ice Cream

Offered: all the time

Tmix Tea & Dessert

3432 Cambie Street, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 707-0275

and

2790 West Broadway, Vancouver

and

4538 Kingsway, Burnaby

Web: http://www.tmixtea.com/

Twitter: @TmixTea

Instagram: tmixtea

 

I.ce Queen

 

Puddilicous

Price: $9.71

Created by: Karen Li

Description: Pudding ice cream rolls, topped with Caramel egg pudding, Cookie straw, Ferro Rocher

Type: Ice Cream

Offered: all day, everyday.

I.ce Queen

2967 West Broadway, Vancouver

And

2355-4000 No 3 Road, Richmond

Web: https://www.facebook.com/icqueenqueen/

Instagram: @icequeenqueen

 

Beyond Coffee

Summer Pavlova

Price: $4.75

Created by: Chef Genevieve Plishka

Description: meringue nest with lemon cream, topped with blueberry gelato and compote

Type: Gelato

Offered: All the time.

Beyond Coffee

1015 Burrard Street, Vancouver

Tel: 604-687-0575

Web: http://www.century-plaza.com/beyond-coffee/

Twitter @dine_at_beyond

Instagram @beyond_coffee_vancouver

 

77K Freeze

Snowflake Freeze

Price: $ 8

Created by: Miko

Description: Snowflake, also our logo, represents our new, refreshing and hyper-customizable concept of liquid nitrogen dessert making at 77K Freeze.  We are about inclusiveness, offering choices and creating dessert that anyone can have and enjoy guilt-free.  Our snowflake is created with lychee and water chestnut.  This combination allows the subtle sweetness of lychee to come through the refreshing texture of water chestnut.  Snowflake can be appreciated as a frozen yogurt, ice cream made with fresh cream or milk (a lighter version), coconut, soya, almond or a mixture of these milks for the vegans.  Coconut-almond milk mix is highly recommended.  Sweetness level and the type of sweetness can also be adjusted.

Type: Nitro ice cream

77K Freeze

2240 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

Tel: 604-868-2430

Web: www.77kfreeze.ca

Twitter: @77kfreeze

Instagram: @77kfreeze

 

Chocolate Arts

Movie Night

Price: $8

Created by: Lisa Perkins

Description: Popcorn & salted caramel ice creams topped with cola caramel, potato chips, Chicago mix popcorn, licorice, gummy bears & our sweet & spicy peanuts. (*can be made nut free on request)

Type: Ice cream

Offered: Monday to Saturday 10am-6 pm

Chocolate Arts

1620 West 3rd Aveuue, Vancouver

Tel: 604 739 0475

Web: http://chocolatearts.com/cafe/

Twitter: @ChocArts

Instagram @zerodegreesyvr

 

Lisa Lou’s Chocolate Bar

Sue Sundae

Price: $8

Created by Lisa Lou

Description: Our Sue Chocolate Bar has become one of our best sellers, so we decided to turn it into a Sundae! Featuring Sour Cherry and Roasted Pistachio Ice Creams drizzled with hot fudge and sprinkled with pistachio brittle scooped into a house baked waffle bowl.

Type: Ice Cream

Offered: Sun, Tues, Wed 12-8 pm; Thurs-Sat 12-10 pm. Closed Mondays.

Lisa Lou’s Chocolate Bar

1007 Main Street, Vancouver

Tel: 604 689 8219

Web:  www.lisalouschocolatebar.com

Twitter @Lisa_Lous

Instagram: @lisalouschocolatebar

 

Hugo’s Churros

Churro y Concha Sundae

Price: $12.50 (for two to share)

Created by: Dan Garcia

Description:  Vanilla bean gelato, two Churros, strawberry concha, cajeta drizzle and, whipping cream and cinnamon dusting.

Type: Gelato

Offered: All the time

Hugo’s Churros

7899 Templeton Station Rd, Richmond

Web: http://hugoschurros.com/

Twitter: @Hugoschurros

Instagram: hugoschurros

 

Innocent Ice Cream Parlour

Dat Sundae, Dough!

Price: $9.95

Created by: Asacia Blin

Description: Ice Cream Sandwich Cookie Dough Sundae with Vanilla Bean ice cream, with two different kinds of gluten free cookie dough, sandwiched between two gluten free cookies topped with chocolate sauce and whip cream!

Type: Ice Cream

Offered: daily

Innocent Ice Cream Parlour

4895 Main Street, Vancouver

Tel: 604-879 8584

Web: http://innocenticecream.com/

Instagram @innocenticecream

 

Dolce Amore

Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli Sundae

Price:$8

Created by: Gelatieri Daniela Grippo and Giancarlo Cusano

Description: highlighting culinary influences from our Italian-Canadian heritage. Our cannoli gelato is made with local organic milk, organic cane sugar, & fresh ricotta from Scardillo Cheese, with an added hint of orange zest. This rich & creamy gelato is layered with organic honey, caramelized Okanagan peaches, candied pecans in Canadian maple syrup, & topped with crushed Sicilian Cannoli shells & a chocolate drizzle. #CriminallyGood

Offered: all the time

Dolce Amore

1588 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 258-0006

Web: https://www.dolceamore.ca/

Twitter: @thegelatomafia

Instagram @thegelatomafia

 

Kokomo

Crunchy Matcha Oatmeal with Hemp Seeds

Price: $8

Created by: Mark Singson

Description: Cocowhip (vegan coconut soft serve) topped with crunchy oats, hemp seeds and matcha.

Type: Plant-based ice cream

Offered: all the time.

Kokomo

611 Gore Avenue, Vancouver

Tel:(604) 428-6599

Web:https://www.heykokomo.ca/

Instagram @heykokomo

 

Umaluma

 

Earth Sun and Stars

Price: $9.75

Created by: Ian Bruce and Head of R&D Andy

Description: It’s a combination of black vanilla with gold flakes, Akbar Mashti in a lava sea of chocolate and Amarena cherry swirl. The lava represents Earth, Akbar Mashti the sun and the black vanilla the stars in the sky.

Type: Plant-based ice cream

Offered: ask us

Umaluma

235 East Pender Street, Vancouver

Tel:604 559 5862

Web: https://www.umaluma.com/

Twitter: @umalumagelato

Instagram @umalumagelato

 

Our Media judges for this challenge are:

Corey Basso

Executive Producer of Whitecaps FC Broadcasts | Announcer | Reporter

Bell Media | 94.5 Virgin Radio | 103.5 QMFM | TSN 1040 | TSN 1410

Twitter: @CDBasso

 

Roanna Young

Instagrammer and blogger

Instagram: @foodiegramca

 

Mimi Cheung

Instagrammer and blogger

Instagram: @indulgewithmimi

 

Make sure you pick up one of the Sundae Challenge postcards available at each of the participating restaurants and keep a record of your favourites. Remember to Vote for your favourites from August 3 -27, 2017 https://vancouverfoodster.com/sundae-challenge/