The Vancouver Foodster Salad Challenge was a success featuring creations from restaurants around Vancouver. Each spot featured their creation from August 6-30, 2020. 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}
Food by Fanta
Laab Pla Salad
Price: $15
Created by: Chef Parinya (Fanta) Loptson & Chef Sadapphin (Aew) Phothong.
Description: A favourite summer dish from Northeast Thailand, this salad combines seasonal garden vegetables, herbs, green apple, champagne grapes and tomato with a touch of black garlic cream cheese and a Laab vinaigrette dressing with roasted rice and chilli flakes. Traditionally served with minced fish, we have incorporated a seasoned tilapia fillet complimented by crispy shiso and taro.
Offered: Lunch and Dinner.
Ban Chok Dee
20563 Douglas Crescent, Langley
Instagram @foodbyfanta
Tel: (604) 427-0166
Web:
Instagram @foodbyfanta
1st Place (tie):
{108 points}
Orto Artisan Pasta
A Summer at Orto
Price: $18
Created by: the team
Description: Prawns, cold ratatouille and tomato salad, olive oil, lemon juice, harissa dressing.
Offered: Tuesday – Saturday for Lunch and Dinner.
Orto Artisan Pasta
1600 Mackay Rd, North Vancouver
Phone: (604) 929-0203
Web: http://ortoartisanpasta.com/
Instagram @ortoartisanpasta
2nd Place:
{95 points}
Chi Vegan
Chick’n Blossom Salad
Created by: Chef Chi Le
Price: $14
Description: Chick’n Blossom Salad (vegan) – King oyster mushroom, hand shredded banana blossom, rau ram, cabbage, mint, perilla, pickled red onion, crispy shallot, roasted peanuts, vinaigrette, crispy rice paper. Gluten-free, soy-free, plant-based, and possible to make nut-free.
Offered: All the time and available for takeout, delivery and dine in.
Chi Vegan
1935 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 336-3010
Web: https://chirestaurantbar.com/
Instagram @chirestaurantbar
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Salad Creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Food by Fanta
Laab Pla Salad
Price: $15
Created by: Chef Parinya (Fanta) Loptson & Chef Sadapphin (Aew) Phothong.
Description: A favourite summer dish from Northeast Thailand, this salad combines seasonal garden vegetables, herbs, green apple, champagne grapes and tomato with a touch of black garlic cream cheese and a Laab vinaigrette dressing with roasted rice and chilli flakes. Traditionally served with minced fish, we have incorporated a seasoned tilapia fillet complimented by crispy shiso and taro.
Offered: Lunch and Dinner.
Ban Chok Dee
20563 Douglas Crescent, Langley
Instagram @foodbyfanta
Tel: (604) 427-0166
Web:
Instagram @foodbyfanta
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Orto Artisan Pasta
A Summer at Orto
Price: $18
Created by: the team
Description: Prawns, cold ratatouille and tomato salad, olive oil, lemon juice, harissa dressing.
Offered: Tuesday – Saturday for Lunch and Dinner.
Orto Artisan Pasta
1600 Mackay Rd, North Vancouver
Phone: (604) 929-0203
Web: http://ortoartisanpasta.com/
Instagram @ortoartisanpasta
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Chi Vegan
Chick’n Blossom Salad
Created by: Chef Chi Le
Price: $14
Description: Chick’n Blossom Salad (vegan) – King oyster mushroom, hand shredded banana blossom, rau ram, cabbage, mint, perilla, pickled red onion, crispy shallot, roasted peanuts, vinaigrette, crispy rice paper. Gluten-free, soy-free, plant-based, and possible to make nut-free.
Offered: All the time and available for takeout, delivery and dine in.
Chi Vegan
1935 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 336-3010
Web: https://chirestaurantbar.com/
Instagram @chirestaurantbar
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: David Grange, Rose Lin and Shelley Hayashi
Thank you to all the restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured the Salad Challenge creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their Salad creations! See all the Salad Challenge Entries Here.
By: Richard Wolak