"[Bowien says,] 'I love Chinese food. I don't know what I'm doing, but I respect this, that and the other Szechuan restaurant. Please don't consider me a master, I'm just a dude with a tea pot full of dirty girl...
"There's this idea of authenticity. As if food is more real when it comes from the street. It's kind of offensive."
The 2nd annual conference on all things street food will happen at Fort Mason on August 21-22.
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