Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Nachos Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their Nachos creations into this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their Nachos creations on their menu from November 8 – December 2, 2018.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the nachos creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best nachos 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 #NachosChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your tweets during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite Nachos 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 share and taste the different Nachos creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites
Here are the Nachos creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Andina Brewing Co.
Platachos
Platachos
Price: $12
Created by: Andrés Amaya
Description: very unique nachos made with plantain chips instead of tortilla chips. We add the regular toppings (diced tomatoes, jalapeños, black olives, spring onions), with the addition of crumbled toasted bacon if desired. We do not use a pico de gallo salsa but rather we use a HOGAO sauce (authentic Colombian recipe) made with fresh tomatoes, tomato sauce, garlic, cilantro, green onions and other ingredients – served warm. In addition, and if desired, we offer a Cilantro Aioli sauce.(so decadent you can´t stop dipping).
Offered: all the time
Andina Brewing Company Inc.
1507 Powell Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-253-2400
Twitter:@AndinaBrewingCo
Instagram: @andinabrewingco
La Cantina Tacos
Tropical Nachos
Tropical Nachos
Price: $16
Created by: David Martinez, Rebeca Laso, Nicolas Perez, Nuria Gonzalez
Description : Our nachos with a melted mix of 3 different cheese, mozzarella, cheddar and monterrey with a bacon jam, mango pico de gallo, sour cream, salsa avocado and spicy pineapple sauce.
Offered: all the time
La Cantina Tacos
722 Nelson Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 620-8981
Web: http://tacoslacantina.ca/
Twitter @LaCantinaTacos
Instagram @lacantinatacos
Ban Chok Dee
Béchamel Taro Nachos
Béchamel Taro Nachos
Price: $12
Created by: Chef Parinya
Description: Inspired by the traditional Thai Mee Krob snack with a western twist. This special Nacho dish features Avocado Béchamel sauce over a Prawn Tamarind Mee Krob topping on crisp Taro chips.
Offered: All the time.
Ban Chok Dee
20563 Douglas Crescent, Langley
Tel: 778-278-3088
Web: http://www.banchokdee.com
Twitter @BanChokDeeThai
Instagram @banchokdeethai
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Ban Chok Dee
20395 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge
Tel: (604) 459-8000
Web: http://www.banchokdee.com
Twitter: @BanChokDeeThai
Instagram: @banchokdeemr
Hugo’s Tacos & Churros
The MMN
The MMN
Price: $17
Created by: Dan Garcia
Description: The MMN (Most Mexican nachos) with veggie chorizo, pineapples, beans, pico, queso, avocado crema, salsa roja crema, and regular crema. All to make a Mexican flag
Offered: All the time
Hugo’s Tacos & Churros
7899 Templeton Station Rd, Richmond
Twitter: @Hugoschurros
Instagram: @hugoschurros
Make sure you pick up one of the Nachos Challenge postcards available at each of the participating restaurants. Remember to Vote for your favourites daily, all the voting details are at
https://vancouverfoodster.com/nachos-challenge/
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Andrew Chan
Blogger and Photographer
Twitter: @eatwithmao
Instagram @eatwithmao
Zahra Alani
Co-host of CKNW.com Food Glorious Food
Twitter: @ZahraAlani
Instagram @zahra.alani
Jess Chan
Vlogger for domoiscraving.com
Instagram @DomoisCraving