The Vancouver Foodster Iced Summer Drink Challenge was a success featuring creations from cafes and restaurants around Vancouver. Each spot featured their creation from July 5-28, 2019. Our media judging panel determined the ultimate winners of the challenge, and this was quite the task as each judge who tasted each creation with a rigorous process based on taste, originality/uniqueness and presentation/appearance.
The Winners are:
1st Place (tie):
{108 points}
Ban Chok Dee
Always Summer in Thailand
Price: $6
Created by: Chef Parinya Loptson
Description:A famous traditional Thai dessert, “Mango and Sweet Sticky Rice”, got twisted up with young coconut into a special Thai drink creation to cool you down this summer.
Offered: Wednesday to Sunday 11 to 3 pm at Food by Fanta
And Ban Chok Dee Thai Cuisine Langley Only 11-3 and 4:30 – 9 pm
Ban Chok Dee
20563 Douglas Crescent, Langley
Tel: 778-278-3088
Web: http://www.banchokdee.com
Twitter @BanChokDeeThai
Instagram @banchokdeethai
and
Food by Fanta at BCD Academy
20542 Fraser Hwy #107, Langley
Tel: (604) 427-0166
Web: https://bcdacademy.ca/
Instagram @foodbyfanta
Chef Parinya Loptson
1st Place (tie):
{108 points}
Paragon Tea Room
Hojicha Herbucha
Price: 12oz – $6.35; 16oz – $7.35
Created by: Michelle, one of the founders of Paragon
Description: Merging the refreshing sweet and sour sensation, natural fizziness and probiotics of kombucha with the powerful medicinal properties of oriental herbal tea for those who feel guilty consuming too much ice cream or going to the night market too often! Hojicha Herbucha – Kombucha made with organic hojicha (roasted Japanese green tea) infused with Hawthorn berries, tiny fruits that are packed with antioxidants and commonly used in Chinese herbal tea to aid digestion and weight control
Offered: All the time
Paragon Tea Room
2207 Cambie Street, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 616-8386
Web:
Instagram @paragontearoom
Michelle
2nd Place:
{99 points}
Origo Club
Black Sugar Iced Latte
Price: $6
Created by: Sharine Woo
Description: Leone Blend Expresso from Umbria, Black Sugar Syrup, Shaved Ice, Whipped Cream, Okinawa style black sugar. This black sugar iced latte is well balanced with intensed black sugar flavor with a long smoothe finishing. Sweetness can be ajusted to people’s likings.
Offered from 11a – 5p Tue. – Sun.
Origo Club
110-6888 River Road, Richmond
Phone: (604) 285-8889
Instagram @origoclub
3rd Place:
{96 points}
Firecrust Custom Salads + Pizzas
Badass Brownie Epic Shake
Price: $12.95
Created by: the team
Description: Brownie overload in the best way possible! We start with a rich & creamy hand-spun chocolate shake and blend it with rich fudge pieces of brownie. We perch two slabs of brownies on top of the shake and add whipped cream, chocolate drizzle and more brownies sprinkled right on the very top. And if that isn’t badass enough, we smother the rim with a healthy helping of vanilla icing & big brownie chunks. This delicious epic shake is carefully hand-crafted just for you. You’ve just gotta have it!
Offered: All-day long at both Firecrust Davie and Firecrust Langley locations.
Firecrust Custom Salads + Pizzas
808 Davie Street, Vancouver
Tel: (778) 379-9646
Web: https://www.firecrustpizzeria.com/
Twitter @firecrustdavie
Instagram @firecrustdavie
And
Firecrust Custom Salads + Pizzas
20160 Langley Bypass #40, Langley
Tel:
Web: https://www.firecrustpizzeria.com/
Twitter @Firecrustpizza
Instagram @firecrustlangley
Firecrust Davie team
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Iced Summer Drink Creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Firecrust Custom Salads + Pizzas
Badass Brownie Epic Shake
Price: $12.95
Created by: the team
Description: Brownie overload in the best way possible! We start with a rich & creamy hand-spun chocolate shake and blend it with rich fudge pieces of brownie. We perch two slabs of brownies on top of the shake and add whipped cream, chocolate drizzle and more brownies sprinkled right on the very top. And if that isn’t badass enough, we smother the rim with a healthy helping of vanilla icing & big brownie chunks. This delicious epic shake is carefully hand-crafted just for you. You’ve just gotta have it!
Offered: All-day long at both Firecrust Davie and Firecrust Langley locations.
Firecrust Custom Salads + Pizzas
808 Davie Street, Vancouver
Tel: (778) 379-9646
Web: https://www.firecrustpizzeria.com/
Twitter @firecrustdavie
Instagram @firecrustdavie
And
Firecrust Custom Salads + Pizzas
20160 Langley Bypass #40, Langley
Tel:
Web: https://www.firecrustpizzeria.com/
Twitter @Firecrustpizza
Instagram @firecrustlangley
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Paragon Tea Room
Hojicha Herbucha
Price: 12oz – $6.35; 16oz – $7.35
Created by: Michelle, one of the founders of Paragon
Description: Merging the refreshing sweet and sour sensation, natural fizziness and probiotics of kombucha with the powerful medicinal properties of oriental herbal tea for those who feel guilty consuming too much ice cream or going to the night market too often! Hojicha Herbucha – Kombucha made with organic hojicha (roasted Japanese green tea) infused with Hawthorn berries, tiny fruits that are packed with antioxidants and commonly used in Chinese herbal tea to aid digestion and weight control
Offered: All the time
Paragon Tea Room
2207 Cambie Street, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 616-8386
Web:
Instagram @paragontearoom
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Ban Chok Dee
Always Summer in Thailand
Price: $6
Created by: Chef Parinya Loptson
Description:A famous traditional Thai dessert, “Mango and Sweet Sticky Rice”, got twisted up with young coconut into a special Thai drink creation to cool you down this summer.
Offered: Wednesday to Sunday 11 to 3 pm at Food by Fanta
And Ban Chok Dee Thai Cuisine Langley Only 11-3 and 4:30 – 9 pm
Ban Chok Dee
20563 Douglas Crescent, Langley
Tel: 778-278-3088
Web: http://www.banchokdee.com
Twitter @BanChokDeeThai
Instagram @banchokdeethai
and
Food by Fanta at BCD Academy
20542 Fraser Hwy #107, Langley
Tel: (604) 427-0166
Web: https://bcdacademy.ca/
Instagram @foodbyfanta
Each media judge scored each creation with a maximum of 40 points as follows: Overall Taste 20 points, Originality and Uniqueness 10 points, Presentation and Appearance 10 points. The highest number of points a challenge creation could have been awarded is 120 points.
Our Media judges for this challenge were: Jay Minter, Shelley Hayashi and Regina Ip
Thank you to all the restaurants and cafes that accepted my invitation and featured the Iced Summer Drink Challenge creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants and cafes to try their Iced Summer Drink creations! See all the Iced Summer Drink Challenge Entries Here.
By: Richard Wolak