Chicago’s longaniza Scotch egg lady arrives with A Taste of the Philippines at the next Monday Night Foodball

Source Chicago Reader
Original Load Date Aug. 13, 2026, 7:01 p.m.
Last Updated Aug. 13, 2026, 7:01 p.m.
Original URL https://chicagoreader.com/food/monday-night-foodball/a-taste-philippines-kathy-vega-hardy-filippino-food-pinoy-lumpia-longaniza/

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Kathy Vega Hardy introduced thousands of Denverites to lumpia, chicken adobo, and bistek Tagalog. She did that from a four burner food cart on the city’s outdoor 16 th Street Mall, after a two week crash course in Filipino home cooking from her mom. Growing up in Manila, she remembers ghosting o...