This is how I tackled this buffet....
1. Do a walkthrough
2. Grab a large plate
3. Get all the desserts I want to try (6 small cups, creme brulee, lava cake, cookies, gelato)
4. Drop off dessert plate at the table
5. Grab a large plate
6. Get a plate of food i wanted to try
7. Grab another plate with more food
8. Grab a third plate of food
9. Juggle the plates back to the table
10. Go grab a cup of soup
11. Sit down and start eating
12. Get up for another plate of anything worth eating again
$50pp on this night, wasn't a long wait at 7p.