Should we keep images on a Lite app in the food delivery domain

I am doing an exercise to construct a 'lite' mobile app version of an existing food delivery mobile app. I was wondering if it makes sense to show the images of the food items on the app or to remove them and keep just texts (to prevent data usage).

I am of the opinion that the images should stay with an optimization on the technology used to process them. Please suggest if this is a good idea.