Welcome to the inaugral Vancouver Soup Festival that features a selection of restaurants from around Metro Vancouver and their soup creations!
How does this work? The restaurants will be featuring different soups in each of the 3 weeks in the festival, you are invited to visit the restaurants, order the soups and then VOTE for your People’s Choice favourites below from each week’s offerings. We will have 3 sets of winners with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place each week over the 3 week period.
Share your experiences: Tweet and Instagram share your photos throughout the festival, our twitter and instagram address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #SoupFestYVR please include this hashtag in all your social share mentions.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite soup creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.
Get some friends together and visit 2 places or more to taste the different soup creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your People’s Choice favourites
Here are the soup creations for the festival, note which soups are featured during the specific dates: 1st week of the festival which runs from January 10 – 16, 2nd week Janaury 17-23; and 3rd week January 24-31 (*restaurants listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us).
Moltaqa Restaurant
Harrira
Harrira
VOTE
Featured: Week #1 January 10-16
Price: $5.75
Description: Traditional Chickpea and Lentil soup; made with Tomatoes, garlic, Moroccan spices
Offered: Soup will be available all day
Created by: Chefs Jamal, Merwan (both Moroccan) the recipes were then rewritten and worked on by Ray (Canadian)
Dietary notes: This soup is Vegan and Gluten Free.
Bessara
Bessara
VOTE
Featured Week #2 January 17-23
Price: $6.25
Description: Traditional Green pea soup with Cumin, made with Split green pea, garlic, Moroccan spices
Offered: Soup will be available all day
Created by: Chefs Jamal, Merwan (both Moroccan) the recipes were then rewritten and worked on by Ray (Canadian)
Dietary notes: This soup is Vegan and Gluten Free.
Loubia
Loubia
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Featured Week #3 January 24-31
Price: $6.75
Description: Traditional white bean soup with ginger and cilantro; made with White bean, tomatoes, garlic and Moroccan spices.
Offered: Soup will be available all day
Created by: Chefs Jamal, Merwan (both Moroccan) the recipes were then rewritten and worked on by Ray (Canadian)
Dietary notes: This soup is Vegan and Gluten Free.
Moltaqa Restaurant
51 W Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 696-4055
Web: https://www.moltaqarestaurant.com/
Instagram: @moltaqa.vancouver
Rhinofish Noodle Bar
Hun Dun Mian
Hun Dun Mian
VOTE
Week #1 January 10-16
Price: $13.50
Description: wonton noodle soup
Offered: Soup will be available all day
Created by: Chef David Wu
Shu Cai Mian
Shu Cai Mian
VOTE
Week #2 January 17-23
Price: $14
Description: vegetable noodle soup
Offered: Soup will be available all day
Created by: Chef David Wu
Niu Rou Mian
Niu Rou Mian
VOTE
Week #3 January 24 – 31
Price: $14.50
Description: Taiwanese beef noodle soup
Offered: Soup will be available all day
Created by: Chef David Wu
Rhinofish Noodle Bar
550 Main Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 428-3389
Web: https://www.rhinofishnoodlebar.com/
Instagram @rhinofishnoodlebar
Las Tortas
Pozole Verde
Pozole Verde
VOTE
Week #1 January 10-16
Price: $12.50 Large Bowl Meal Size, $6.75 Small Bowl, $2.99 Cup
Description: A vibrant Traditional Mexican Stew/soup made with Hominy Corn (big white meaty corn) Long simmered along braised pork and poblano peppers. Served topped with shredded cabbage, Avocado and Squash blossoms.
Offered: Soup will be available all day
Created by: Chef Moises Toyber
Mexican Lamb Consomme
Mexican Lamb Consomme
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Week #2 January 17-23
Price: $12.50 Large Bowl Meal Size, $6.75 Small Bowl, $2.99 Cup
Description: Delicious, Slow-cooked lamb broth, guajillo chile flavoured, with rice and garbanzo beans. Topped with Pico de Gallo.
Offered: Soup will be available all day
Created by: Chef Moises Toyber
Mexican Red Lentil Soup
Mexican Red Lentil Soup
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Week #3 January 24 – 31
Price: $12.50 Large Bowl Meal Size, $6.75 Small Bowl, $2.99 Cup
Description: Red Lentil simmered in a vegetable stock with a mix of spies, tomatoes, a hint of lime and fresh Chopped Cilantro.
Offered: Soup will be available all day
Created by: Chef Moises Toyber
Las Tortas
3353 Cambie Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-569-1402
Web: http://www.lastortas.ca/
Twitter: @LasTortas
Instagram: @lastortascambie
Ban Chok Dee
Gaeng Liang Soup with cheese ice cream
Gaeng Liang Soup with cheese ice cream
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Week #1 January 10-16
Price: $10
Description: Aromatic Thai herbs and spices give a Smooth and creamy kabocha soup served with House made lesser ginger bread stick puff and cheese ice cream.
Green pea with chicken Ravioli soup
Green pea with chicken Ravioli soup
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Week #2 January 17-23
Price: $10
Description: Creamy tangy green pea soup with a touch of green curry served with green curry chicken ravioli sprinkle with coconut carviers.
Tom Yum Hot House soup
Tom Yum Hot House soup
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Week #3 January 24 – 31
Price: $10
Description: Traditional Thai Tom Yum flavoured with Hot House tomatoes Soup served with grilled prawns, pickled baby carrots, grilled Chery tomato and sprinkle of siracha carviers and cilantro.
Offered: All the time.
Created by: chef Parinya Loptson and chef Aew Sadapphin
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
Liquids + Solids
The Naughty Thai
The Naughty Thai
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Week #1 January 10-16
Price: 10oz $3.95 14oz $4.95
Description: A dangerously delicious blend of Thai flavours featuring lemongrass, basil and cilantro swimming in a coconut curry bone broth with chunks of free-run chicken, rice and wild mushrooms.
Grandma’s Chicken Noodle Soup
Grandma’s Chicken Noodle Soup
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Week #2 January 17-23
Price: 10oz $3.95 14oz $4.95
Description: Our chicken noodle soup’s main attribute lies in its simplicity and reliance on natural flavours. We start our process with our own lovingly prepared 12-hour chicken bone broth, then add chunky vegetables and free run chicken and season lightly. Nothing complicated, but delicious flavour that just can’t be rushed or faked…just like Grandma’s!
Garden Variety Chili
Garden Variety Chili
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Week #3 January 24 – 31
Price: 10oz. $4.95 14oz $5.95
Description: One of our most popular chilis (but wait, its vegan!). Vegan or not, this sweet and savoury chili with beans, corn, tomato with just a tiny bit of heat is deliciously satisfying for even the most hard-core meat lover!
Created by: the team
Offered: Monday to Saturday 11am – 1 pm
Liquids + Solids
901 East Hastings, Vancouver
Tel: 604-336-SOUP
Web: http://www.liquidsandsolids.ca
Twitter: @souperfantastic
Instagram @liquids_and_solids_yvr
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Liquids + Solids
1550 West Broadway, Vancouver
Tel: 604-558-0544
Web: http://www.liquidsandsolids.ca
Twitter: @souperfantastic
Instagram @liquids_and_solids_yvr