Vancouver Mojito Challenge | Vancouver Foodster

Welcome to the next Vancouver Foodster Mojito Challenge. I have invited restaurants and bars from all over the city to enter their Mojito creations into this challenge, some have entered their most popular creation from their menu and others created a special Mojito creation just for this challenge. Each restaurant and bar will be featuring their special creation on their menu from July 8 – 31, 2022.

How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the Mojito creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best creation for the People’s Choice award winners.

Share your experiences: Share your photos on Instagram and TikTok throughout the challenge, our instagram and TikTok address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #MojitoChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your social media sharing during the challenge.

Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite Mojito creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.

How to VOTE :

Look for our Mojito challenge posters at each of the participating restaurants and bars.
Scan the QR code and Vote for your favourites from July 8-31, 2022.

Get some friends together and visit 2 places or more to taste the different Mojito creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites

Here are the Mojito creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.

Moltaqa Restaurant

Sunset in Marrakesh

Price: $13.50

Created by: Anastasiia Goncharova

Description: We infused apricots and Moroccan spices inside the rum bottle, creating a new twist on the classic mojito. Then we mix spiced rum with traditionally made Moroccan mint tea, add some freshly squeezed lemon juice and Moroccan vanilla cherry jam as a sweetener. The combination of colours (red, yellow and green) symbolises the sunset sky in Marrakesh.

Ingredients: 2 oz spiced dark rum, 2 oz lemon juice, 5 oz traditional Moroccan mint tea, Moroccan cherry jam and Moroccan spices as garnish (all spice mix)

Offered: Thursday – Sunday’s

Moltaqa Restaurant

51 W Hastings Street, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 696-4055

Web: https://www.moltaqarestaurant.ca/

Instagram: @moltaqa.vancouver

1927 Lobby Lounge

Bajan Mojito

Price: $19

Created by: The team

Description: Keeping Vancouver summer in mint rejuvenate with Bajan Mojito, which is made using premium rum and a twist.

Ingredients: Mount Hay Eclipse, Palm Sugar, mint, Charred lime

Available: All the time

1927 Lobby Lounge (inside the Rosewood Hotel Georgia)

801 West Georgia Street, Vancouver

Tel:(604) 682-5566

Web:https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hotel-georgia-vancouver/dining/1927-lobby-lounge

Instagram @rosewoodhotelgeorgia

Diva at the Met

Gardener’s Mojito

Price: $16

Created by: Thomas Goodine – Bartender

Description: A little bit of everything – sweet, savory, and citrusy. The perfect summer cocktail mix.

Ingredients: Bacardi White Rum, Aperol, Dubonnet, House made cherry tomato juice, Grapefruit, Lime, No Sugar Added, Mint Garnish

Diva at the Met

(inside the Metropolitan Hotel)

645 Howe St, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 602-7788

Web: https://www.opentable.ca/r/diva-at-the-met-metropolitan-hotel-vancouver

Instagram @diva_met

Stock & Supply

Peach Mojito

Price: $16

Created by: William Wong – Bartender

Description: Enjoy a delicious and refreshing Peach Mojito, served with Havana rum, fresh lime juice, peach syrup, and a splash of soda. garnished with fresh mint and served over crushed ice. The perfect summer cocktail.

Ingredients: 2oz Havana club 3 year, 1oz lime juice, 2oz peach syrup, fresh mint, soda water

Stock & Supply

(inside the Delta by Marriott Vancouver Suites Hotel)

550 W. Hastings St., Vancouver

Tel: (604) 899-3049

Web:https://stockandsupplyvancouver.com/

Instagram @stockandsupplyvan

Odd Society Spirits collab with Hai Tea

Green Dream Mojito Slushy

Price: $12

Created by: Mia Glanz

Description: A fruit and citrus minty melony lime green slushy! Odd Society Wallflower Gin and seasonal elderflower liqueur team up with Hai Tea Mojito to create an unforgettable, unbelievably thirst-quenching mojito slushy experience.

Ingredients: Odd Society Elderflower Liqueur, Wallflower Gin, Midori Melon Liqueur, Hai Tea Mojito, Arugula + Mint syrup, Lime

Offered: Thursday 3-10pm, Friday 3-11pm, Saturday 2-11pm, Sunday 2-8pm

Odd Society Spirits

1725 Powell St,, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 559-6745

Web: https://www.oddsocietyspirits.com/

Instagram @oddsocietyspirits and @haiteabeverages

Food by Fanta

Mojito SunRise

Price $13

Created by: Parinya Loptson

Description: Brighten up this year’s cool grey Summer with the golden hue of Peach and Apricot ice with a touch of Thai & French herbs while still keeping the traditional flavours of Cuba with Havana Club Rum.

The experience is elevated with house-made clarified Thai lemongrass, Pandan leaves, mint, lime cordial, garnished with mint sprigs and a spritz of French herb liqueur.

Ingredients: Clarified herbal lime cordial: Mint, lime juice, lime zest, lemongrass & Pandan leaves water, citric acid, agar agar.

Drink:Rum, Clarified herbal lime cordial, club soda, mint leaves, small diced peach & apricot ice.

Offered: Lunch and Dinner

Food by Fanta

20542 Fraser Hwy, Langley

Tel; (604) 530-6803

Web: https://foodbyfanta.com/

Instagram @foodbyfanta

Our Media judges for this challenge are:

Emma Clark

Blogger and Instagrammer

Instagram @we.eat.vancity