This is takoyaki. The Japanese junk food has a piece of octopus in the body and is usually bought in a stall of festival.
The scene includes takoyaki array, katsuo-bushi particle, wooden toothpicks, ship-dish, tatami, and banboo wall around the tatami. The takoyaki and sauce material is a single material divided along with a texture pattern. I think you can reuse the material as sauce on a object.
Blog post with more images: Blender: Photo-real Takoyaki in CGI.
After downloading and looking at the model, I'm still not convinced that this isn't just a photograph... Awesome work! Very Realistic!
That looks delicious!