Vancouver Sundae Challenge

Welcome to the 8th Annual Vancouver Foodster Sundae Challenge.  Cafes from all over the city were invited to enter their Sundae creations into this challenge. Each cafe will be featuring their Sundae creations on their menu from August 3-28, 2022.

How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the sundae creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best sundae 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 #SundaeChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your tweets, instagram stories, posts and other social shares during the challenge.

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

How to VOTE :

  1. Look for our Sundae challenge posters in each of the participating cafes
  2. Scan the QR code and Vote for your favourites from August 3-28, 2022

Get some friends together and make a day or night of it, visit 2 places or more to taste the different sundae creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourite

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

The Pink Panther

Beyond Coffee

Price: $9.50

Created by: Behshad Zolnasr, Diana v. Kalnassy, Lawrence Low-nang

Description: A delectable combination of vanilla and pink peppercorn infused gelato, summer peaches and crispy meringue, served in a waffle bowl.

Ingredients: eggs, cream, milk, sugar, glucose, pink peppercorn, vanilla, peaches, flour, cornstarch

Offered: Everyday 7am-6pm

Beyond Coffee

1015 Burrard Street, Vancouver

Tel:(604) 697-5326

Web: https://www.instagram.com/beyond_coffee_vancouver/

Twitter @dine_at_beyond

Instagram @beyond_coffee_vancouver

True Blue Sundae Bliss

Sprinkles Gelato and Dessert House

Price: $9.50

Created by: the team

Description:  Our True Blue Sundae Bliss is the definition of an authentic BC Summer.

We start it all off with a delightful hand formed blueberry lavender rustic tart made with a hint of fresh lemon.  We top that off with the perfect scoop of our Vanilla Bean Gelato and a dollop of fresh whipped cream.  To finish it all off we delicately  drizzle our in house made blueberry lavender compote and a slice of candied lemon to entice all of your taste buds.

Ingredients: Fresh local blueberries and lavender from Richmond BC, a delicate hand formed rustic tart made with real butter and topped with lavender sugar, fresh whipped cream and a slice of candied lemon.

Offered: Sunday – Thursday between noon – 7 pm and Friday – Saturday between noon and 8 pm.

Sprinkles Gelato and Dessert House

12231 First Ave, Richmond

Tel:(604) 370-0330

Web:https://www.instagram.com/sprinkles.gelato

Instagram @sprinkles.gelato

PC’s Special HALO-HALO

Pampanga’s Cuisine

Price: $9.00

Created by: J

Description: A Filipino shaved iced dessert with various toppings/ evaporated milk, ice cream & crème caramel.

Ingredients: leche flan (crème caramel), coconut strips, caramelized banana, jackfruit, sugar, evaporated milk, shaved ice, butterscotch ice cream , caramel bits, caramel drizzle & chocolate bits on top

Offered: TUES-SUN 9:30am to 7:30pm

Pampanga’s Cuisine

6094 Fraser Street, Vancouver

Tel:(778) 379-7003

Web:https://pampangascuisine.ca/menu

Instagram @pampangascuisineca

Chocolate Banana Candy Cookie Sundae

Hype Chocolate Co.

Price: $15

Created by: Scott Symons

Description: An explosion of bananas, chocolate, cookies and candy with whip cream and a cherry on top

Ingredients: Dark Chocolate sauce, White chocolate sauce, Oreo cookies, Bananas, Chips ahoy cookies, Banana chocolate fudge ice cream, Chocolate ice cream, Cookie dough ice cream, Banana marshmallows, Whip cream and Maraschino cherry.

Offered: Wed-Sat 1-7 & Sun 1-6

Hype Chocolate Co.

855 E Hastings Street, Vancouver

Tel:

Web:https://linktr.ee/hypechocolate.co

Instagram @hypechocolate.co

Blue Hawaiian Sundae

Food by Fanta

Price $18

Created by: Chef Sadapphin Phothong

Description: Combining the Tropical flavours into the fresh coconut with a freshness of coconut butterfly pea jello, pineapple, mangoes in syrup, Coconut icecream and Topped with banana bruleé and taro Mont Blanc

Ingredients: Whole Fresh Young coconut, coconut meat , Agar Agar, sugar, fresh coconut juice, butterfly pea flower, Mango, pineapple, Strawberries, Banana bruleé, taro Mont Blanc, coconut icecream and Rum.

Offered: Wednesday – Sunday for 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:

AJ Heraghty

Influencer

Instagram @ajfoodiesaiyan

TikTok @ajfoodiesaiyan

Jay Minter

Writer of food and the arts for On The List, Vancouver Presents and other publications.

Twitter: @jminter

Instagram @jminter

Shelley Hayashi

Influencer/Writer for MyVanCity

Twitter: @shelleyhayashi

Instagram: @shelleyhayashi