Kaomoji food is text faces with something to eat, or something to eat it with. The first is chewing: (・～・). Bites, forks and chopsticks, cooking, cups of tea and snacks on a stick follow. Tap a face and it is copied.
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Eating kaomoji: chew, bite, hold
A face shows it is eating in one of three ways. The mouth chews, a wavy line as in (・～・). The mouth opens for a bite, (^o^)っ●. Or a hand holds the tool: ψ is a Greek letter standing in for a fork, ⊸ a maths sign for a spoon and 〃 a ditto mark for chopsticks.
Tea in one character
The cup in (・ω・)っ旦 is 旦, a Han character that Unihan defines as dawn or morning. It is here for its shape, a cup on a saucer. Wikipedia's list of emoticons records ( ^^) _旦~~ as a cup of tea.
Search dango for three dumplings on a stick, ―●●●, with a face or without.
Nineteen faces carry a Japanese word. Wiktionary gives itadakimasu as I will eat and mogumogu as chewing.
Tongue-out faces are on yum emoji. This page has tea and coffee and no other drink.
Questions and answers
What does (・～・) mean?
Chewing. The wavy line is a fullwidth tilde used as a mouth that is busy, between two dot eyes. With もぐもぐ after it, which Wiktionary gives as chewing, there is no doubt left.
What is the 旦 in a tea kaomoji?
A Han character, U+65E6. The Unihan database defines it as dawn, morning or day. Kaomoji use it as a picture: the box is a cup and the line under it is a saucer.
How do you type a food kaomoji on a keyboard?
Two here are plain ASCII: ( ^^) _U~~, a cup of tea with a letter U for the cup, and c[_] c[_], two mugs. The rest need a character a keyboard lacks, so tap to copy.
What does いただきます mean?
Itadakimasu. Wiktionary gives it as a humble, polite way to say I will eat or let's eat. It is written here beside a face holding a fork.
All 78 food kaomoji
Chewing 12
(-～-)Eyes shut, savoring it
(^༥^)Happy eyes, mouth full. Borrows ༥ from Tibetan.
(°～°)Round eyes, still chewing
(´～｀)Soft eyes, chewing slowly
(˙༥˙)A Tibetan digit five for a chewing mouth. Borrows ༥ from Tibetan.
(•༥•)Dot eyes, the digit five mouth, munching. Borrows ༥ from Tibetan.
(◍^ω^◍)Bulging cheeks, happy eyes
(◍・ω・◍)Striped circles for bulging cheeks
(●´ω｀●)Packed cheeks, soft eyes
(●・ω・●)A round cheek each side, packed full
(・～・)Mid-chew
(＾～＾)Happy eyes over a wavy chewing mouth
Mouth open for a bite 8
(°▽°)っ◎About to bite a ring doughnut
(´▽｀)っ〃●A dumpling in chopsticks, mouth open
(´ロ｀)っ―●●●Mouth square, a stick of dumplings coming
(>o<)っ●Eyes shut, the first bite going in
(^O^)ψMouth open under a raised fork
(^o^)っ●A dumpling held up to an open mouth
(°o°)⊸Mouth open for the spoon
(´O｀)⊃△Mouth wide for a rice ball
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Fork, spoon or chopsticks 10
(>ω<)っ〃≋Chopsticks lifting noodles
(^ω^)⊸∪A spoon over a bowl
(^▽^)っ〃●Chopsticks holding one dumpling
(˘ω˘)⊸Eyes shut, spoon raised
(・ω・)ψA fork held up, ready
(・ω・)⊸A spoon held up
(・ω・)⋔A small fork, tines up
(・ω・)っ〃Chopsticks in hand
ψ(^▽^)⊸Fork in one hand, spoon in the other
ψ(・ω・)∪Fork up, bowl waiting
Cooking 8
(>_<)っ━◯彡Shaking the pan hard
(^ω^)っ∪〜A pot with steam coming off
(^▽^)っ━◯⌒●Flipping a pancake out of the pan
(・ω・)っ∪A bowl held out, ready to fill
(・ω・)っ━◯A frying pan held out by the handle
(・ω・)っ／▭A knife over a chopping board
♨(^▽^)Steam beside a happy cook. ♨ is on the emoji list.
(°o°)っ━◯〜The pan has started to smoke
A cup of tea or coffee 10
( ^^) _旦~~A cup of tea slid across, steaming
(^▽^)っ旦〜A cup of tea with steam rising
(˘ω˘)旦Eyes shut over a warm cup
(・ω・)っ旦Holding out a cup of tea
旦(´ω｀)旦A cup in each hand
旦~~One cup of tea, steaming, no face
(・ω・)っc[_]Holding out a mug
c[_] c[_]Two mugs and no face
c[_]ヽ(^o^)A mug raised in the left hand
( ^^) _U~~The same cup typed on a keyboard
Rice balls and snacks on a stick 9
(^ω^)っ―◯◯◯Three hollow dumplings on a stick
(^‿^)っ>◯<A wrapped sweet
(^▽^)⊃▲A solid triangle rice ball in one hand
(^▽^)っ―◎A lollipop
(っ・ω・)っ△Holding out a rice ball
(・ω・)っ―●●●Three dumplings on a stick
(・ω・)っ◎A ring doughnut held out
―●●●Dumplings on a stick, no face
△ ▲ △Three rice balls in a row
With a word 21
(>ω<)っ〃≋ ラーメンRāmen: ramen
(^ω^)⊸∪ ご飯Gohan: cooked rice, or a meal
(^༥^) うまいUmai: delicious, tasty. Borrows ༥ from Tibetan.
(^▽^)っ旦〜 ふうふうFūfū: blowing gently to cool it
(°▽°) ぱくぱくPakupaku: gobble gobble
(´・ω・｀) ぐうぐうGūgū: growling, as a stomach does
(´・ω・｀) ぺこぺこPekopeko: very hungry, in baby talk
(˘ω˘) ごちそうさまでしたGochisōsama deshita: it was delicious
(●´ω｀●) 満腹Manpuku: a full stomach
(っ・ω・)っ△ おにぎりOnigiri: a rice ball
(・ω・)ψ いただきますItadakimasu: I will eat, let us eat
(・ω・)っ―●●● 団子Dango: a round sticky dumpling
(・ω・)っ∪ おかわりOkawari: a second helping
(・ω・)っ━◯ 料理Ryōri: cooking
(・ω・)っ〃 箸Hashi: chopsticks
(・ω・)っ旦 お茶Ocha: tea
(・～・) もぐもぐMogumogu: chewing
(＾～＾) おいしいOishii: delicious, tasty
(^༥^) nom nomNom nom, typed out. Borrows ༥ from Tibetan.