Five Orange County burger makers vied for top honors at the inaugural Old Towne Burger Fest on Saturday, Sept. 13. Mike Obedoza’s Filipino pop-up, Banger Lumpia , wan named the festival’s first champion.

For Obedoza, the win was meaningful. “It was very emotional for me in that I was just grateful to be considered” to participate, he said, and “to be rewarded for something that represents purely who I am, and then for my community, I’m just so thankful.” Hungry? Sign up for The Eat Index, our weekly food newsletter, and find out where to eat and get the latest restaurant happenings in Orange County. Subscribe here .

His burger is a deeply personal creation, one that “best represents who I am,” he said. As a Filipino-American, he created a burger that reflects both sides of his heri

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