My little guy will not touch pâté soft cat food - I have him iams and he wouldn't even get near it - he'll eat nature's choice but not happily.
He most likes baby food chicken and turkey and also readily accept beef and ham and loves light cream - he also loves whiskas cat milk on the occasion that ill let him have it ( it is all sugar so he only gets it once in a while).
He seems to really like his dry science diet kitten food.
And - though he acts like he is being martyred the entire time I feed it to him - he is willing to take nature's choice chucks soft kitten food - I generally don't bother wi pâté anything any more bc he will only eat enough to not be starving and otherwise rejects it -
Baby meat, cream, and science diet are my kittens favorites :-)