Awed by my decidedy odd cat

I've always liked odd things. I preferred green mangoes to chocolate when I was young, I was enamored of mongooses because they kill snakes.....you get it. What balanced out that oddness is that I always loved cats. Since forever.
Oddly enough, I thought that while cats have different personalities, they all share some traits. Traits that can actually stand for the word cat.
Like never wanting to be bothered while eating.
Well, Kitty O has made me reconsider. He sits around and meows until one of us pets him and only then will he deign to eat. It was amazing in the beginning, it was cute for a while, but now it oscillates between being annoying and odd.
Whoever heard of such a thing?
I asked a few vets and they thought I was making it up.
I'm not.
I make up stories and turn them into novels. Like the one I just finished, the second in the Commissioner Oscar D'Costa mystery series. This one is set in a small seaside town and unravels the case of missing children.
Can anyone unravel why it is that my cat will follow me around until I finally bend down and pet him? Then, instead of purring, I hear the crunch of him eating. Crunch, crunch, munch. Crunch, crunch, purr.....