Let's face it - Sri Lankans are suckers for buffets. We love a good buffet as much as we love cricket and trash talking politicians. Besides, buffets are safe places where we can all be gluttonous without being judged. Especially considering that all the free flowing food will inevitably unleash our inner beast. Many will find themselves tested, limits will be pushed, yet they will continue to persevere. The question looms in their minds “How much can I eat before I am rendered physically immobile?”. Sounds familiar? We’re dishing up who’s who at the buffet. Which one are you?

The competitive eater

If anyone's giving the buffet a run for its money, it's you. You've just bid adieu to quite a bit of money that's left a significant dent in your wallet - and by God, you're going to eat your money's worth, come what may. You probably walked in as soon as the buffet opened with your game plan carefully mapped out. You know which section you will attack first - the section with the most expensive items, obviously - and you will eat until you can't breathe. But fear not, you've ditched your skinny jeans for maternity pants, so you will push yourself until even these stretchy and comfy pants have you suffocating. You plan to out-eat everyone at the buffet and ain't no pants getting in the way of you doing that!

The hoarder

You will stack your plate with as much food as you can carry in one go - because you don't have the time to be making countless trips back and forth to the food. This way, you can enjoy your food in peace without interruptions. Your plate might look like Mt. Vesuvius, you may end up the one kind of person to be judged at a generally judgement free zone, but you could care less.

The nitpicker

You're the one who probably hoped to order a la carte but got sidetracked by your friends painting pictures of unlimited choice and yummy food. You couldn't say no and got lured into a point of no return. Finally faced with the snaking buffet layout, you're overwhelmed by all of the food, and end up eating the least amount of food. But fear not, the rest of the group probably ate on your behalf and beyond. You are probably the person keeping buffets alive and thriving, and probably one of the main reasons buffets haven't shut down. Yet.

The diet ditcher

You've been following a carefully curated health regime with clean eating to boot. You’ve been snacking on almonds instead of chips. Ditched the carbs for leafy greens. You’ve successfully held it all together, only for it all to come undone at the sight of a buffet. Attacking the food with the enthusiasm of a starved animal, you find yourself beelining for the fried food, the carbs, and the desserts; avowing that this would be aone time thing before you fully commit to your diet come the first day of the week, month or most definitely the 1st of January.