The 7th Vancouver Foodster Curry Challenge was a success featuring unique curry creations at restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their creation on their menu from April 8 – May 1, 2022 and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place: {108 points}
Spicy 6 Fine Indian Cuisine
Alleppey Fish Curry
Price: $19.99 (served with rice)
Created By: Chef Manni
Description: Alleppey Fish Curry is a Kerala Style spicy Fish Curry which is slightly tangy due to the use of raw mangoes.
Ingredients: Fish, coconut oil, green chillies, curry leave, shallots, ginger, garlic, raw mango, coconut milk, Indian spices and salt.
Spicy 6 Fine Indian Cuisine
1116 Robson St, Vancouver
Tel: 604-336-7999
Twitter @Spicy6onrobson
Instagram @spicy6onrobsonst
2nd Place: {103 points}
Bombay Kitchen and Bar (South Granville)
Bombay Paneer Chicken Roll
Price: $19.95
Created by: Chef Andy and the team
Description: The chicken roll is stuffed with spinach and paneer, topped with a coconut cardamon curry, served with basmati rice and a tandoori tomato on the side and garlic naan
Bombay Kitchen and Bar
1480 W 11th Ave, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 224-3333
Web: http://bombaykitchenbar.com/
Instagram @bombaykitchenandbar
3rd Place (tie): {100 points}
Bombay Kitchen and Bar (Commercial Drive)
Imperial Bombay Lamb Kundan
Price: $19.95
Created by: Chef Lucky and the team
Description: The lamb curry dish comes with pulao rice and Sesmi Naan.
Bombay Kitchen and Bar
1018 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 336-1111
Web: http://bombaykitchenbar.com/
Instagram @bombaykitchenandbar
3rd Place (tie): {100 points}
Davie Dosa Company
RRR Chicken Curry
Price: $20
Created by: the team
Description: Karaikudi spiced slow cooked chicken in tangy curry, served with cumin rice and flakey bread.
Davie Dosa Company
1235 Davie Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 669-5899
Web: http://daviedosacompany.com/
Twitter @daviedosa
Instagram @daviedosacompany
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Curry creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Bombay Kitchen and Bar (Commercial Drive)
Imperial Bombay Lamb Kundan
Price: $19.95
Created by: Chef Lucky and the team
Description: The lamb curry dish comes with pulao rice and Sesmi Naan.
Bombay Kitchen and Bar
1018 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 336-1111
Web: http://bombaykitchenbar.com/
Instagram @bombaykitchenandbar
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Davie Dosa Company
RRR Chicken Curry
Price: $20
Created by: the team
Description: Karaikudi spiced slow cooked chicken in tangy curry, served with cumin rice and flakey bread.
Davie Dosa Company
1235 Davie Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 669-5899
Web: http://daviedosacompany.com/
Twitter @daviedosa
Instagram @daviedosacompany
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Spicy 6 Fine Indian Cuisine
Alleppey Fish Curry
Price: $19.99 (served with rice)
Created By: Chef Manni
Description: Alleppey Fish Curry is a Kerala Style spicy Fish Curry which is slightly tangy due to the use of raw mangoes.
Ingredients: Fish, coconut oil, green chillies, curry leave, shallots, ginger, garlic, raw mango, coconut milk, Indian spices and salt.
Offered: Dinner only 5pm – 10pm
Takeout and delivery option is available
Spicy 6 Fine Indian Cuisine
1116 Robson St, Vancouver
Tel: 604-336-7999
Twitter @Spicy6onrobson
Instagram @spicy6onrobsonst
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.
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: Jacqueline Chui, Joyce Lam and David Grange.
Thank you to the chefs and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured their curry creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their curry creations! See all the Challenge entries here.
By: Richard Wolak