Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Old Fashioned Cocktail Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their Old Fashioned Cocktail creations into this challenge, most have created a special creation just for this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their creations on their menu from October 4-27, 2019.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the old fashioned cocktail creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best mojito 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 #OldFashionedCocktailChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your tweets during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite old fashioned cocktail 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 and taste the different old fashioned cocktail creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites
Here are the Old Fashioned Cocktail creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Showcase Restaurant
Buttered Pineapple Old Fashioned
Buttered Pineapple Old Fashioned
Price: $12
Created by: Mia Glanz – In house Mixologist from Odd society – Local craft spirits house: @miaaglanz @oddsocietyspirits
Description: The Showcase Old Fashioned has roundness of Chivas 12 characteristics, balanced with clean buttered pineapple syrup and served with a single ice cube for a proper dilution.
Offered: 11am – 12am every day
Showcase Restaurant
1122 W Hastings St, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 639-4040
Web: http://www.showcaserestaurant.com/
Twitter: @Showcase_Van
Instagram @showcaserestaurant
Davie Dosa Company
Old Fusioned
Old Fusioned
Price: $12
Created by: Anusha Pippala
Description: Jack Fruit and Kiwi muddled with Home-made spiced bitter gourd fusion bitters served over ice with 2oz of Jameson Irish Whiskey
Offered: All the time
Davie Dosa Company
1235 Davie Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 669-5899
Web: http://daviedosacompany.com/
Twitter @daviedosa
Instagram @daviedosacompany
Ban Chok Dee Thai
Sweet Autumn
Sweet Autumn
Price: $10
Created by: Chef Parinya Loptson
Description: Thai pumpkin dessert got its turn to show off the Fall colors, bringing some warmth among friends and family with cinnamon infused bourbon, palm sugar, pumpkin along with citrus touch Grand Marnier and fresh orange peel. Garnished with pumpkin chip with coconut flakes and pumpkin seeds coating and cinnamon.
Offered: All the time
Ban Chok Dee Thai
20563 Douglas Crescent, Langley
Tel: 778-278-3088
Web: http://www.banchokdee.com
Instagram @banchokdeethai
Origo Club
The Peculiar Fashion
The Peculiar Fashion
Price: $20
Created by: Winson Ho, Bar Manager
Description: By adding the “sherry”-like flavours of Jura’s Vin Jaune to the deep warmth of 15yo Madeira Cask Irish Whiskey Tyrconnell, we created a drink that really captures the tastes and imagination, as it’s both dry and mellow, warming and fresh, a peculiar fashion.
Offered: Tuesday-Sunday nights, from 5-10pm
Origo Club
110-6888 River Road, Richmond
Phone: (604) 285-8889
Instagram @origoclub
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
David Peng
Blogger at Picky Diners and Vancouver Foodie Pulse
Twitter: @pickydiner
Instagram: @pickydiner
Jess Chan
Vlogger for domoiscraving.com
Instagram @heyitsjesschan
Andrew Chan
Blogger and Photographer
Twitter: @eatwithmao
Instagram: @eatwithmao
Make sure you pick up one of the Old Fashioned Cocktail Challenge postcards available at each of the participating restaurants and keep a record of your favourites. Remember to Vote for your favourites from October 4-27, 2019 https://vancouverfoodster.com/old-fashioned-cocktail-challenge/