(Lighthearted rant) Tired of people dumping food in my bowl at group dinners!!!

I’m American, live in Changsha and go to a bunch of group dinners with business acquaintances and family friends. My mandarin is only basic. The most annoying part is strangers/hosts always dumping food into my bowl to “try it!” Like…it’s a Lazy Susan, I can grab whichever dish I want as it comes around you don’t need to get it for me like a baby. Now my nice vegetable rice dish is covered in fish soup and soggy…thanks it’s delicious…

I know it’s just being a polite host to make sure I’m trying all the food and everything but I don’t want to mix 4 different dishes together in one bowl! Just let me enjoy the bits I want.

I’ve got my close family friends to mostly stop but whenever we go out to meet new people or business friends it’s constant! And 80% of the time they’re already dumping the food in my bowl before I even realize it in time to stop them. And feel rude not to accept.

Just a small rant and I’m not being overly serious it’s just one of those mild pet peeves that comes with living in China I guess