Bold

Plated on multiple — no single dominant surface. Primary surfaces observed: dark charcoal brown concrete (for overhead rice bowl shots), medium green painted/textured wall used as table surface (for Goan dishes), and warm terracotta/peach plaster (for rice bowl/prawn dishes)., lit with inconsistent across images — overhead shots use bright top-down studio light; dark-background shots use warm spotlight style; green-surface shots use bright even studio; some shots (fusion paneer curry) are very casual with natural light, and shot from overhead / top-down (for most rice bowl and Chettinad dishes); 30–45 degree elevated 3/4 (for individual plates and seafood closeups).

Surface

Multiple — no single dominant surface. Primary surfaces observed: dark charcoal brown concrete (for overhead rice bowl shots), medium green painted/textured wall used as table surface (for Goan dishes), and warm terracotta/peach plaster (for rice bowl/prawn dishes).

Light

Inconsistent across images — overhead shots use bright top-down studio light; dark-background shots use warm spotlight style; green-surface shots use bright even studio; some shots (fusion paneer curry) are very casual with natural light

Angle

overhead / top-down (for most rice bowl and Chettinad dishes); 30–45 degree elevated 3/4 (for individual plates and seafood closeups)