Prop Style

ache

Production desing: fff / SET & prop: felipe soto / photo: pocho cáceres / asist: moises cruz / Production desing: fff / SET & prop: felipe soto / photo: pocho cáceres / asist: moises cruz / Production desing: fff / SET & prop: felipe soto / photo: pocho cáceres / asist: moises cruz /

mise en place

As a big fan of Japanese food, I remember eating a delicious batayaki at Hanzo’s restaurant in Monterrico. I also tried the unique, refreshing menthol taste of purple shiso basil over that restaurant. Little did I know that the name “Ache” came from Hajime’s initials.

The menu is full of umami flavors, and the presentation was designed to make sure we could shoot the complete menu in a pair of days. The stoneware and stylish pottery were our canvas, showing off all the different kinds of nigiri and maki they had.

full menu

The colors of the nigiri were chromatically distributed over the black stoneware perfectly, and the maki were carefully photographed one by one with Pocho’s macro lens. This made it look like a family-style meal. And the most beautiful porcelain props were used to serve the steaming soups.

noodles

Macci, Pocho’s friend and owner of the restaurant, was convinced that Nikkei Peruvian flavors were the hottest thing in the local kitchen for export. So he wanted really Japanese-style pictures for these creative and newly delicious fusion dishes. Some of the sudados and rices were made with traditional local seafood and a bit of dashi.