A good way to try things you might not otherwise try. I don’t like the idea of getting a dish I might not like because then I feel like I wasted my money and wasted the food. But if I go to a buffet (especially a buffet with lots of different types of dishes) then I get to try things and see if I’d like them. I did that on the cruise I took in August – they had a buffet with different stations and I tried quite a few Indian dishes that I’d never had before (mostly because we don’t have an Indian restaurant near me) and I liked a lot of them so now I know if I ever went to an Indian restaurant there are several things I’d like.