Welcome to the first Vancouver Foodster Mocktail Challenge. Restaurants from all over Metro Vancouver were invited to enter their Mocktail creations into this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their Mocktail creations on their menu from June 14 – July 7, 2024.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the Mocktail 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 #MocktailChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your social media sharing during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite mocktail creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.
How to VOTE :
- Look for our Mocktail challenge posters at each of the participating restaurants and bars.
- Scan the QR code and Vote for your favourites from June 14 – July 7, 2024.
Get some friends together and visit 2 places or more to taste the different Mocktail creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites
Here are the Mocktail creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Vancouver Aquarium
Axolotl-licious Chiller
Price: $13.99
Created by: Anthony Pratt, Shannon Kardera, Angelo dela Roca
Description: A new frozen sensation is making a splash this summer! The Axolotl-licious Chiller blends tangy cherry slushy swirled with creamy vanilla soft-serve ice cream in an irresistibly cute axolotl souvenir cup, that is yours to keep! Dive into one today, only at Vancouver Aquarium.
Ingredients: Custom-designed axolotl-themed souvenir cup, Vanilla Soft Serve Ice Cream, British Columbia Strawberries and Cherry Flavoured Slushy.
Available: Daily all the time
Vancouver Aquarium Upstream Bar & Grill
845 Avison Way, Vancouver
Tel:(778) 655-9554
Instagram @vanaqua
Food by Fanta
Tom Yumgarita
Price $9
Created by: Kathy Mungkhun & Parinya Loptson
Description: This refreshing summer mocktail drink brings back the feeling of your trip to Thailand.
The aroma of Tom yum ingredients got combined beautifully into our “Tomyumgarita“
The aroma & sweetness of this homemade lemongrass galangal and lime leaves syrup and preserved cherry tomatoes jam get mixed with the freshly squeezed lime juice, also a hint of the spiciness from Thai chili infused! Last but not least, the Tom yum rim gives a little kick to drink! Enjoy.
Ingredients: Lime juice, Lemongrass, Lime leaves, Galangal, Chili, Homemade cherry Tomato jam, A dash of Tabasco, Tomyum herbal Salt rim, bubbly lime.
Offered: all the time
Food by Fanta
20542 Fraser Hwy, Langley
Tel; (604) 530-6803
Instagram @foodbyfanta
Maizal RMF
Spicy Guava Margarita
Price: $7.95
Created by: Rodrigo Vela
Description:
Ingredients: Guava, sour soup, lime, jalapenos, agave syrup, tajin and the secret ingredient
Offered: all the time for dine-in and take-out
Maizal RMF
2815 Main Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 709-0813
Web: https://www.maizalrestaurant.ca/
Instagram: @maizal_rmf
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Corey Lee
Instagrammer and Influencer
Instagram @sweettoothguy
tiktok @sweettoothguyishere
Emma Clark
Blogger and Instagrammer
Instagram @we.eat.vancity
Rebecca Coleman
Food Writer, Social Media, YouTuber and Cookbook Author
Twitter: @rebeccacoleman
Instagram @rebeccacoleman