The scream: An intense sound, indicating that the service is unsatisfyingly slow. You may think that it also expresses a disapproval of the monotonous menue, but that's actually not the case.
The slurp: Actually not just one sound, but a combination of suckling, swallowing and grunting sounds, sometimes broken off by little exclamations of joy, that together indicate that food has been served and found to be of just the right taste and temperature. 
The snooze: A barely audiable sound (at least when it comes to me - I'm not a snoorer) that follows shortly after many meals. It's actually not uncommon that the snooze co-exists with the slurp. The ability to eat and sleep at the same time apparently disappears with age. Perhaps that's why attempts to do so at the dinner table are widely frowned upon - older folks simply don't know how to slurp-snooze gracefully.
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