Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Sundae Challenge. Bakeries and cafes from all over the city were invited to enter their Sundae creations into this challenge. Each cafe and bakery will be featuring their Sundae creations on their menu from August 1-25, 2019.
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 Sundae creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Uno Gelato
Locura Tropical
Locura Tropical
Price: $9.50
Created by: Gelaterie Maestro Andres Bermudez
Description: Inspired from a classic dessert from Colombia, this elegant version has fruit salad in the bottom mixed with homemade vanilla yogourt and mozzarella cheese, giving the perfect balance between salty and sweet with Black sour cherry sauce. Frutto di Bosco gelato with fresh berries from the Fraser Valley topped with chocolate crisp pearls and white-dark chocolate rhombus.
Offered: All the time
Uno Gelato
2579 Broadway, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 733-5884
Web: https://www.unogelato.com/
Twitter @unogelatoyvr
Instagram @unogelato.yvr
Food by Fanta
WTH!? Sundea
WTH!? Sundae
Price: $15
Created by: Chef Parinya Loptson and Chef Sadapphin Phothong
Description: We started by going back to my childhood memories from Thailand with a “Ruam-Mit” shaved ice dessert that always came with a variety of toppings! We turned it into a sundae following the same ideas but we used a variety of 5 different homemade ice cream flavors with over 10 variety of flavorful toppings – all combined onto a crunchy puff pastry tray. Bring a friend!
Offered: Wednesday to Sunday 11-3 pm
Food by Fanta at BCD Academy
20542 Fraser Hwy #107, Langley
Tel: (604) 427-0166
Web: https://bcdacademy.ca/
Instagram @foodbyfanta
The Praguery
BR. BERRY
MR. BERRY
Price: $10
Created by: The Praguery Team
Description: Freshly baked Prague Cones filled with house-made berry filling, vanilla soft serve and topped with house-made raspberry sauce
Type: Freshly Baked Pastry & Soft serve ice cream
Offered: All the time
The Praguery Gastown Store & Food Trucks
221 Abbott Street, Vancouver
Trucks Schedule https://streetfoodapp.com/vancouver/the-praguery
Instagram @thepraguery
Facebook: thepraguery
Kumme Café
Cool Me Kumme Sundae
Cool Me Kumme Sundae
Price: $5.50
Created by: Heidi
Description: Summer vibes with coconut and mango ice cream topped with fresh mango cubes and coconut jelly, mango star jelly, & mango popping boba.
Offered: all the time
4) Ingredients: Coconut and Mango ice cream, Mango star jelly, Coconut jelly, Mango popping boba
Kumme Cafe
1610 Robson Street, Unit 104
Tel: (604) 559-6600
Web: https://www.kummecafe.com/
Instagram @kummecafe
Welcome Parlour Ice Cream
Eton Mess Ice Cream Sundae
Eton Mess Ice Cream Sundae
Price: $8
Created by: Ian Widgery
Description: Cold, Soft, Crisp & Sweet. That’s the multi textual summer sundae this summer from Welcome Parlour. Seasonal berries, crisp fresh Meringue, sweet creme anglaise Ice Cream covered in fresh cream with a hint of vanilla.
Type: Ice cream
Offered: All the time
Welcome Parlour Ice Cream
277 8th St E, North Vancouver
Tel: (604) 408-7481
Web: http://welcomeparlour.com/
Twitter: @welcomeparlour
Instagram @welcomeparlour
and
125 Victory Ship Way #126 (The Shipyards)
Twitter: @welcomeparlour
Instagram @welcomeparlour
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Deanna Woo
Blogger and Instagrammer
Instagram @deannawoo
Roanna Young
Instagrammer and blogger
Instagram: @foodiegramca
Yuki No
Blogger for Pekopekolife
Twitter: @Pekopekolife
Instagram: @pekopekolife
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 1 -25, 2019 https://vancouverfoodster.com/sundae-challenge/