Authentic is what you sell to tourists. What the fuck is authentic food anyways? Tomatoes, hot chilli peppers, potatoes, corn, didn't exist outside of the Americas before contact with Columbus but today those are a HUGE part of south asian, south east asian, and east asian food.
Things also get taken from other countries, modified in some regional way and then end back to their place of origin. Can be a bit nutty figuring out what exactly authentic even means when cultures naturally just share a bunch of food with each other. Burritos are a good example I think for this.
Authentic is what you sell to tourists. What the fuck is authentic food anyways? Tomatoes, hot chilli peppers, potatoes, corn, didn't exist outside of the Americas before contact with Columbus but today those are a HUGE part of south asian, south east asian, and east asian food.
Things also get taken from other countries, modified in some regional way and then end back to their place of origin. Can be a bit nutty figuring out what exactly authentic even means when cultures naturally just share a bunch of food with each other. Burritos are a good example I think for this.
Hell yeah and tacos al pastor which was invented by middle eastern immigrants to Mexico.
Middle Eastern food, still being the best!