> I've seen a few folks online remarking about the “JPEG” or “PNG”-like quality of the images
What do they mean by this?
JPEG has morphed into a synonym for photo, I guess.
See also: Ace Combat 7s infamous JPEG dog.
Isn't it about compression artifacts?
Players that don't know the technical term "billboarding" might use this as a way to say that the images of the food are "flat" unlike the rest of the 3D modeled environment. Just a suspicion!