I’ve moved away from Canada’s great eating capital but I’m missing the food. So I want to live vicariously through you … therefore @TravelEater and @DishCrawlOTT are joining together to offer Ottawa foodies a contest.

How: Tweet a photo of a great dish from an Ottawa restaurant and/or what’s so great about it. Mention @TravelEater and @DishcrawlOTT in the tweet so we see it. We’ll retweet our favourites and we’ll select one to win a prize.

Not on Twitter? If you leave a comment below describing a dish, you’re entered too.

Deadline: We’ll select the winner Friday, February 1, so tweet or post your comment before midnight Ottawa time on Thursday, January 31.

Ok, so what do I win?! You win a $25 gift certificate to use at Ottawa Dishcrawl. It is easy to pickup online, and you can use it as early as the next dishcrawl on February 5 or 6.

So, what is a dishcrawl exactly?

You meet up with a bunch of people just like you, and, led by your knowledgeable host, you walk from restaurant to restaurant, each of which has prepared a special dish just for the food crawl. Eat up, then on to the next! All food is included in the ticket price (if you want a drink, they’re extra unless otherwise indicated). Photos, tweeting, and sharing eating advice with your table mates are more than welcome.

Want to know more? Click HERE to read about my experience at the first Ottawa dessert crawl (my advice: bring a tupperware container if your eyes are bigger than your stomach!)

And check out the Dishcrawl Ottawa website (http://www.dishcrawl.com/ottawa/). The next Ottawa event is East Meets West, exploring Little Italy and Chinatown. The first date sold so quickly, so they added a second. February 5 and February 6.