Yes, this dish has gained great fame, in different countries, here in Venezuela a dish like this is very expensive, I don't know how I know its cost in other countries, but here the value is very high, also taking into account that the economy of the country is united haha, but that is another topic.
I like how the photos look, it has the perfect balance between color and amount of food, so the image is not overloaded, look, taking photos of food is not an easy task, because if the proportion of food is too much it will look ugly but these are very good.
Photographing food is very difficult, I wouldn't say I'm an expert at it, but I wholeheartedly agree with what you said. Even in my city, such a portion will cost $10-15 for a conventional 500 grams of food, which is more expensive than 1 kg of meat. Given that the average salary is $400. This is all culture that quickly spread through social networks and gained such popularity)