Vancouver Taco Challenge - Vancouver Foodster

Welcome to the 13th Annual Vancouver Taco Challenge. Restaurants and food trucks from all over the city were invited to enter their taco creations into this challenge, most have created a special taco creation just for this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their tacos on their menu from June 4-28, 2026.

How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the Taco 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 #TacoChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your social media sharing during the challenge.

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

How to VOTE :

Look for our Taco challenge posters at each of the participating restaurants.
Scan the QR code and Vote for your favourites from June 4-28, 2026.

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

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

Vancouver Aquarium

Wild Pacific Halibut Tacos

Price: $20 (includes the 3 tacos)

Created by: Executive Chef David Lee

Description: Crispy wild Pacific Halibut, ancho and lemon, warm flour tortillas with charred poblano crema and vibrant spicy slaw.

Available: Daily all the time

Vancouver Aquarium Courtyard Cafe and Bicyle Bistro

845 Avison Way, Vancouver

Tel:(778) 655-9554

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

Instagram @vanaqua

Those Indian Guys

Chicken Curry Tacos

Price: $16 (includes the 2 tacos)

Created by: Chef Paras

Description: Shredded chicken, Paratha Taco with Guacamole, Lime, Slaw, and Mint Chutney.

Served with a mouthwatering chicken curry, Birria Style

Ingredients: Shredded chicken, Paratha Taco with Guacamole, Lime, Slaw, and Mint Chutney, chicken curry

Offered: Daily, regular hours 11 am to 9 pm

Available: Takeout and delivery.

Delivery: uberEats, Doordash.

Those Indian Guys

120-1881 152 street. Surrey BC

Tel: 778-512-9556

Website: www.thoseindianguys.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/those_indian_guys/

Food by Fanta

Wagyu Khau Kling Taco

Price: $18

Created by: FoodbyFanta crew; Chef Parinya, chef Bundit, chef Nat, chef Gift and chef Dream

Description:Southern Thai style dry curry stir fry with Wagyu. Topped with grated green & purple cabbages, spinach, Thai Naam Jim aioli, Gruyère and mozzarella, Avocado sauce, shredded green beans/ carrots/dill pickles; in a crispy Charcoal crepe (Khahnom Buang in Thai) and garnish with sweet peppers and edible flowers.

Ingredients:Wagyu, Khau Kling curry paste, kaffir lime leaves, coconut milk, Fish sauce, sugar, shallots, turmeric, lemongrass, green & purple cabbage, spinach, pickled carrots&cucumber & greenbeans , Naam Jim Aioli, avocado sauce, and house made charcoal taco shells.

Offered: Lunch and dinner

Available: for dine-in only

Takeout: Yes, but customers will have assemble themselves with instructions.

Food by Fanta

20542 Fraser Hwy #107, Langley

Tel: (604) 427-0166

Web: www.FoodbyFanta.com

Instagram @foodbyfanta

Miso Taco

Chorizo Smash

Price: $19

Created by: Jun

Description: Our delicious crispy chorizo with melted cheese, sweet onions and fresh cilantro — then brightened with crunchy fukujinzuke pickles and your choice of salsa.

Ingredients: Chorizo, Cheese, Sweet Onions, Cilantro, Fukujinzuke Pickles, Corn Tortilla

Offered: All day every day for the duration of the challenge

Takeout/Delivery: yes while quantities last

Miso Taco

1080 W Pender, Vancouver

Web: https://www.misotaco.ca/

instagram @misotacoco

Our Media judges for this challenge are:

David Grange

Blogger for BCFoodieBlogger

Instagram: @BCfoodieblogger

Rick Green