Vancouver Poutine Challenge - Vancouver Foodster

Welcome to the Vancouver Poutine Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their poutine creations into this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their Poutine creations on their menu from February 6 – March 2, 2025.

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

Share your experiences: Social media share (and don’t forget to instagram your photos and videos) throughout the challenge, instagram and tiktok address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #PoutineChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your social shares during the challenge.

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

How to VOTE :

Look for our Poutine challenge posters in each of the participating restaurants.
Scan the QR code and Vote for your favourites from February 6-March 2, 2025.

Get some friends together and make a day or night of it, visit 2 places or more to taste the different poutine creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites between February 6-March 2, 2025.

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

The Saigonville

Bo Kho Poutine

Price: $19.95

Created by: Chef Kevin

Description: We are using Bo Kho ( Beef Stew) to reduce the demi glaze and create sauce by red wine, mozzarella, butter. And we garnish this Poutine with 4oz beef cubes, laughing cow cheese, culantro, cilantro and basil. We could describe it: Bo Kho demi glaze with 4oz beef stew, laughing cow cheese.

Offered: All the time (closed on Wednesday night’s).

Available: Dine-in

The Saigonville

2129 E Hastings St, Vancouver

Web:https://www.thesaigonville.ca/

Instagram @thesaigonville

Hopcott Meats

Korean BBQ Tots

Price: $17.99

Created by: Chef Jesse Ho

Description: Tator Tots topped with Hopcott Roast Beef tossed in a house made Bulgogi Sauce, with a fried egg, kimchi and house made Gochujang Sauce.

Ingredients: Hopcott Roast Beef in Bulgogi Sauce, Fried Egg, Kimchi, Gochujang Mayo, Green Onion, Sesame Seeds

Offered: Daily from 10:30am – 4:00pm

Available for dine-in and take-out.

Hopcott Meats

18385 Old Dewdney Trunk Road, Pitt Meadows

Tel: 604.465.7799

Web: http://www.hopcottmeats.ca/

Instagram @hopcottfarms

Cockney Kings Fish & Chips

The Spice Bag Poutine

Price: $15.95

Created by: The team

Description: In honour of all our Irish friends in Kitsilano, Cockney Kings Kits presents our long awaited Spice Bag (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_bag) Poutine! Our take on this late night Irish chippy classic features our hand cut chips, chicken goujons (chicken strips/tenders for all of those not in the know), sautéed bell peppers and onions, all tossed in our super secret spice bag spice blend. Topped with cheese curds and curry sauce, a drizzle of garlic mayo, and garnished with green onions. We know we’re a British fish & chip shop, but come get a little Irish with us!

Ingredients: Hand Cut Chips (fried in beef tallow), Chicken Goujons/Strips, Sautéed Onions & Bell Peppers, Spice Blend (salt, five spice, cumin, cinnamon, and more)
Curry Sauce (tomato & onion base), Cheese Curds, Garlic Mayo, Green Onions

Offered: Monday-Sunday, 12pm-9pm. Available for delivery on DoorDash & UberEats. Exclusive to our Kitsilano location only!

Cockney Kings Fish & Chips

1935 Cornwall Avenue, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 566-3474

Web:https://cockneykings.ca/

Instagram @cockneykings

Our Media judges for this challenge are:

Corey Lee

Instagrammer and Influencer

Instagram @sweettoothguy

tiktok @sweettoothguyishere

Rick Green