Vancouver Chowder Challenge - Vancouver Foodster

Welcome to the 2nd annual Vancouver Chowder Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their chowder creations into this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their Chowder creations on their menu from March 6-30, 2025.

How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the chowder creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the chowder 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 #ChowderChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your social shares during the challenge.

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

How to VOTE :

Look for our Chowder challenge posters in each of the participating restaurants.
Scan the QR code and Vote for your favourites from March 6-30, 2025.

Get some friends together and make a day or night of it, visit 2 places or more to taste the different chowder creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites between March 6-30, 2025.

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

Vancouver Aquarium

Signature Sustainable Seafood Chowder

Price: $14

Created by: Executive Chef David Lee

Description: Enjoy a jaw-some bowl of our delicious sustainably sourced seafood chowder at the Vancouver Aquarium. Delight in the flavours of wild Sockeye, pacific cod, Ocean Mama clams in this hearty chowder. The tasty mouthwatering seafood chowder is simmered to perfection with tender potatoes and fire roasted tomatoes. Served with a toasted Baguette.

Ingredients:Pacific Cod, Wild Sockeye, Ocean Mama Clams, Yukon Gold potatoes, fire roasted tomato, baguette.

Available: Daily all the time

Vancouver Aquarium (all on site restaurants including the Courtyard Cafe and the Upstream Cafe and also starting March 16 at the Bicycle Bistro Cafe)

845 Avison Way, Vancouver

Tel:(778) 655-9554

Web: https://www.vanaqua.org/

Instagram @vanaqua

Lift Bar & Grill

Ceasar’s Chowder

Price: $18

Created by: Chris Andraza,

Description: Manhattan style clam chowder with a play on a Ceasar cocktail.

Lots of horseradish, Worcestershire and Tabasco.

Suggested pairing: Vodka Martini

Ingredients:

Offered: All day, everyday

Available: for dine-in only

Lift Bar & Grill

333 Menchion Mews, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 689-5438

Web: https://www.liftbarandgrill.com/

Instagram @liftbarandgrill

Food by Fanta

Tom Yum Chowder

Price: $17

Created by: Owner and Executive Chef, Parinya Loptson

Description: Thick, creamy and flavourful seafood chowder with a Thai twist, served with crispy Tom Yum flavoured rice paper rolls.

Add our new Pandan Brioche bun for dipping (side order) for $5.

Ingredients: Clams, lobster and bacon; clam juice; lime leaves; galangal; lemongrass; cilantro; onion; leeks; garlic; sweet chili paste; Thai chili; lime juice; fish sauce; salt; palm sugar; heavy cream; coconut milk; and potatoes.

Offered: Lunch and dinner

Available: for dine-in and takeout

Food by Fanta

20542 Fraser Hwy #107, Langley

Tel: (604) 427-0166

Web: www.FoodbyFanta.com

Instagram @foodbyfanta

Our Media judges for this challenge are:

Maggi Mei

Blogger and Instagrammer

Instagram: @magmei

Shelley Hayashi