Your topic sets me thinking. I guess the common thread among the
food i like would be ==> they're mostly appetisers, be they Mediterranean (think
herbie tomatoes, olives, cheese, balsamic vinegar, etc.), Thai
(ooh, their salad rocks, tom yam), Chinese (popiah, otah, hum
), Japanese (sashimi, sushi) or Western (salads
& cheesy chips). 
Very loogi when it comes to buffet, right? 