Welcome to the 2nd annual 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 from each week’s offerings. We will have 3 sets of winners with 1st, 2nd and 3^rd 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: 1^st week of the festival which runs from January 9 – 16, 2nd week January 17-24; and 3rd week January 24- February 2 (*restaurants listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us).

The Chopped Leaf

Mexicali

Featured: Week #1 January 9-16

Price: $4 small and $6.50 large

Description: A hearty soup made with tomatoes, black beans, onions, banana peppers, jalapeno peppers, garlic & spices

Offered: Soup will be available all day

Created by: the team

Dietary notes: This soup is Vegan and Gluten Free.

Tuscan Kale

Featured: Week #2 January 17-24

Price: $4 small and $6.50 large

Description: A vegetable medley made with tomatoes, onion, celery, carrots, kale, lemon juice & spices

Offered: Soup will be available all day

Created by: the team

Dietary notes: This soup is Vegan and Gluten Free.

Spicy Creamy Tomato

Featured: Week #3 January 24 – February 2

Price: $4.50 small and $6.50 large

Description: A smooth and savoury base kicks a classic tomato flavour up a notch.

Offered: Soup will be available all day

Created by: the team

Dietary notes: This soup is Gluten Free.

The Chopped Leaf

488 Robson Street, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 609-2467

Web: https://www.choppedleaf.ca/

Instagram @thechoppedleaf

 

Noodle Arts

Lanzhou Beef Noodle Soup

Featured: Week #1 January 9-16

Price: $14.95

Description: traditional hand pulled beef noodle soup.

Offered: Soup will be available all day

Created by: the team

Dietary notes: n/a

Lamb Soup

Featured: Week #2 January 17-24

Price: $16.95

Description: Lamb with Tofu and Cabbages.

Offered: Soup will be available all day

Created by: the team

Dietary notes: n/a

Chicken Noodle Soup

Featured: Week #3 January 24 – February 2

Price: $15.95

Description: Chicken Noodle Soup

Offered: Soup will be available all day

Created by: the team

Dietary notes: n/a

Noodle Arts

1739 Robson Street, Vancouver

Tel:(604) 673-5688

Web:https://noodlearts.com/

Instagram: @noodlearts_vancouver

 

Mi Casa Mexicana

Birria de Res

Featured: Week #1 January 9-16

Price: medium $10 and large $15

Description: From the Jalisco region of Mexico this soup features beef stew, cilantro, onion, lime, corn tortillas and salsa roja.

Offered: Soup will be available all day (closed on Monday and Tuesday)

Created by: the team

Dietary notes: n/a

 

Mole de Olla

Featured: Week #2 January 17-24

Price: medium $8 and large $12

Description: From the Mexico City region this soup features beef, zucchini, green beans, corn, cilantro, onion, lime, corn tortillas and salsa roja

Offered: Soup will be available all day (closed on Monday and Tuesday)

Created by: the team

Dietary notes: n/a

 

Pozole Rojo

Featured: Week #3 January 24 – February 2

Price: medium $10 and large $15

Description: From the Mexico City region this soup features corn hominy, chicken/pork broth, onion, lettuce, radish, oregano, lime. Served with tostadas, sour cream, and spicy salsa pozolera.

Offered: Soup will be available all day (closed on Monday and Tuesday)

Created by: the team

Dietary notes: n/a

Mi Casa Mexicana

2015 Burrard Street, Vancouver

Tel: 604-346-7084

Web: https://micasamexicana.net

Instagram @micasamexicana.yvr