> People conflate authentic with good, but you can also be authentically bad. I do agree that conflation is inappropriate. In fact, I was just in a Pakistani r

> People conflate authentic with good, but you can also be authentically bad. I do agree that conflation is inappropriate. In fact, I was just in a Pakistani restaurant the other night and had one of the most dull biryanis I've ever had. Yet the customers were primarily desi. And on a tour of China I was fed nearly the worst Chinese food I've ever had. But authentic is still authentic if you take the best food you've ever had "over there" and bring it over here.