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San Diego's Soul Food Lumpia Truck Was Inspired by Cooking in the Panamanian Jungle
#340 This week's Happy Half Hour features mother-and-son duo Lia and Spencer Hunter of Lia's Lumpia. Their come-up story is a fascinating blend of family tradition, cultural preservation, and innovative culinary fusion that began long before the Hunters' foray into food competition TV. Spencer learned how to roll the thumb-thin Filipino fried and stuffed rolls from his mom, who learned from her mother, Spencer's grandmother, who opened the first Filipino restaurant in National City, called San-Loy's Lumpia and Food To Go. After stints cooking for the Malarkey universe and in the Panamanian…
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