What light works best for food photos in dark restaurants?

In a dark dining room a soft continuous light from the side leads, so the sauce colour shows without painting the table white. Direct flash and the ceiling spot are not that light: they split the plate.

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Turn off the downlight on that table and leave the rest of the room as it is. The miss is flooding one corner so the plate looks like another venue. The table and the light used are noted, so the next piece from the same venue does not change mood.

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