Welcome to the Vancouver Pasta Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their pasta dishes into this challenge, some of the restaurants have created a special pasta creation just for this challenge and others have entered their top choice off their existing menu. Each restaurant will be featuring their pasta creation on their menu from October 4-29, 2023
How does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the pasta creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best pasta 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 #PastaChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your tweets during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite pasta creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.
How to VOTE :
- Look for our Pasta challenge posters in each of the participating restaurants
- Scan the QR code and Vote for your favourites from October 4-29, 2023
Get some friends together and make a day or night of it, visit 2 places or more to taste the different pasta creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites between October 4-29, 2023.
Here are the Pasta creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Vivace on the Drive
L’oceano Vivace
Price: $29
Created by: Chef Rory Byrne
Description: House made squid ink tagliolini with seared scallops and lemon butter foam with trout roe and chorizo. The design of the plate is intended to be the sea foam at the edge of the sea colliding with the land, the capers representing rocks on the side and the scallops and roe living inside the ocean.
Offered: Everyday from 3pm until close
Available: Dine in only
Vivace on the Drive
1728 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel: 604) 253-0888
Web: https://vivaceonthedrive.ca/
Instagram @vivaceonthedrive
Robba da Matti (Yaletown)
Ricordo d’estate
Price: $35
Created by: Chef Laura
Description: spaghetti with pistachios pesto and clams, topped with murello burrata and tuna tartare.
Offered: everyday 5-9pm
Available: for takeout and dine-in
Robba Da Matti
1127 Mainland Street, Vancouver
Phone:(604) 558-1174
Web: http://www.robbadamatti.com/
Instagram: @robba_damatti
Robba da Matti (Westend)
Ravioli di Zucca
Price: $30
Created by: Chef Dolly
Description: Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli with Creamy butternut squash, Sage, Walnut and Brown Butter Sauce
Offered: Daily 5pm-9 pm
Available: for takeout and dine-in
Robba Da Matti
1906 Haro Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-423-3553
Web: http://www.robbadamatti.com/
Instagram: @robba_damatti
Robba da Matti (Kitsilano)
Amalfi
Price: $35
Created by: Chef Ann
Description: A squid ink pasta tossed in a chopped prawns sauce and blistered gem tomato; served with prawns and topped with toasted pistachio and burrata cheese.
Offered: Monday– Sunday 5-9pm
Available: for takeout and dine-in
Robba da Matti
1898 West 1st Avenue, Vancovuer
Tel: (604) 428-1565
Web: http://www.robbadamatti.com/
Instagram: @robba_damatti
Robba da Matti (Gastown)
Puttanesca
Price: $28
Created by: Chef Rahul
Description: Homemade spaghetti with tomatoes, olives,capers,basil ,garlic and anchovies
Offered: lunch and dinner daily
Available for dine-in & Take-out
Robba Da Matti
112 Powell Street, Vancouver
Web: http://www.robbadamatti.com/
Instagram: @robba_damatti
Broli Kitchen
Lobster Crab Spaghetti
Price: $38
Created by: Chef Zhuang Li
Description: lobster, crab meat with fresh tomato in a lobster butter sauce topped with micro basil and Grana Padano.
Offered: Tuesday – Sunday for lunch and dinner
Available: for dine-in
Broli Kitchen
186-8180 No 2 Rd, Richmond
Tel: (604) 271-0268
Web: https://brolikitchen.com/
Instagram @brolikitchen
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Emma Clark
Blogger and Instagrammer
Instagram @we.eat.vancity
Rick Green
Freelance writer for BC Brews and other publications
Twitter: @BCbrews
Instagram @b.c.beerblog .
Cheery Hayashi
Media Influencer
Instagram @chow_withcheery