blue20ae

You should get your friend to set up a focus group with samples of everything, so that we can do a taste test and give him feed back

blue20ae

I am not in the food industry.  But with the popularity of cross-over, I don't think people care much about "authentic" anything.  The "authentic" label may get people in for the first try.  Only taste good and at the right price point (not necessary cheap) will bring repeated customers.

I found locally produced "authentic" food is difficult to match the original, but to the availability of ingredients.