In Japan, 'slurp' is more than just eating-related onomatopoiea. Japanese cultural and food historian Voltaire Cang unpacks the significance of this important sound in the roles it plays in eating noodle dishes (ramen, in particular) and during the refined tea ceremony, Chado. 

Produced by Anna Sigrithur. Mixed with help by Thomas Krause. Editorial Help from Naomi Duguid and Fiona Sinclair. Music by Ava Glendinning. Copyright 2017 Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery.