Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Bowl Challenge. I have invited restaurants from all over the city to enter their best Bowl creation which is either rice or grain based into this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their Bowl creation on their menu from October 2-27, 2019.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the Bowl creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best salad 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 #BowlChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your tweets during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite bowl 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 bowl creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites
Here are the Bowls in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Maizal
Paella Yucatán
Price: $18
Created by: Rodrigo Vela
Description: I inspired in the traditional seafood paella but with a Mexican twist, using ingredients from the Yucatan peninsula and Mexican cuisine, like achiote, roasted poblano peppers, Mexican chorizo, habanero, bitter limes, & corn tortillas.
Offered: All the time
Maizal
2815 Main Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 709-0813
Web: https://www.maizalrestaurant.ca/
Twitter: @maizalyvr
Instagram: @maizal_rmf
Do Chay Saigon Vegetarian
Kabocha Curried Fried Rice
Price $15
Created by: Chef Yen Do
Description: Vegan coconut curry fried rice, battered oyster mushroom, lotus root chips, snow peas, jalapenos and fresh herbs served on a kabocha bowl.
Offered: All the time
Do Chay Saigon Vegetarian
1392 Kingsway, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 225-8349
Web: https://www.facebook.com/eatdochay/
Instagram @eatdochay
Food by Fanta
Khoa Yum by Fanta
Price: $19
Created by: Chef Parinya Loptson
Description: Southern Thai Style Khao Yum in a new look with traditional flavour of all herbs, fruit, vegetables and garlic prawns butterfly-pea flower pecan jasmine rice with BBQ glazed steak with mango, pineapple, pomelo, carrot, edamame, cucumber, egg thread, red cabbage, roasted coconut and sprinkle with lime leaves, lemongrass, fried shallots, yams and avocado. Served with Thai Chilli sauces.
Offered: Wednesday to Sunday 11am-3 pm
Food by Fanta at BCD Academy
20542 Fraser Hwy #107, Langley
Tel: (604) 427-0166
Web: https://www.facebook.com/FoodbyFanta/
Instagram @foodbyfanta
Hugo’s Mexican Kitchen
Holy Mole
Price: $
Created by: Chef Jesse Garcia
Description: Chef describes it as ” a vegan dish. Mexican rice with sliced portobello mushrooms, fried plantain slices, homemade mole sauce, cashew cream and a mix of seeds.”
Offered: All the time
Hugo’s Mexican Kitchen
19151 Fraser Highway, Surrey
Tel: 778-547-8835
Web:www.hugosmexicanfood.com
Twitter: @hugosmexkitchen
Instagram @hugosmexicankitchen
And
Hugo’s Mexican Kitchen
7101 Vedder Rd, Chilliwack
Instagram @hugosmexicankitchen
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Jacqueline Chui
Food and Travel Blogger
Twitter @jacquelinechui
Instagram @jacquelinechui
Karl Kliparchuk
Wine, Food & Travel Writer for MyWinePal
Twitter: @MyWinePal
Instagram @mywinepal
Joyce Lam
Food Blogger for her own Vanfoodies
Twitter: @vanfoodies
Instagram: @vanfoodies
Make sure you pick up one of the Bowl Challenge postcards available at each of the participating restaurants and keep a record of your favourites. Remember to Vote for your favourites from October 2-27, 2019 https://vancouverfoodster.com/bowl-challenge/