@Rhaps I don't care if I'm wrong, but I won't let my dignity be lost just because of food and other stuff I can buy. Besides, it's not the food; it's the fact that I WAS INVITED yet I was made to feel I do not exist. They should've just left me alone.
@Hans.Trondheim food and small talk, introvert 101, just respond when people talk to you while eating. Nobody would care. You are too self-conscious.
@Rhaps dong I think you're mistaking the problem. I WAS invited. I shouldn't be there. By our culture, if you invite a guest, you should provide enough food for them, or it's an insult. Don't speak as if you know everything.