This Week in Food Porn: Chinese New Year Special

Flip the page on your lunisolar calendar kids, it's Chinese New Year!

And not just any old Spring Festival of fireworks, cleaning, or red paper envelopes—heck no. For this year, we are entering the anniversary of the rooster. I imagine Mick Jagger will be thrilled to hear that foot-scraping, stomping, head-bobbing, and rasping out a well-known warble is now emblematic of our new mark on the calendar.

So, grab yourselves a hot pot and take a scroll through the best Chinese New Year food uploaded to Instagram this week.

And, in the words of taxi drivers everywhere, be lucky.

A #metime fun #breakfast this morning. Welcoming the #yearofrooster with #boiledeggs and #kueijo . Thanks @lorenciatanubrata for the top of the world homemade kue ijo! #鸡年吉祥 Jínián jíxiáng, best of luck in this coming year of rooster, guys! #chinesenewyear2017#chinesenewyearfood#food#foodart#foodporn#foodstagram#bento#instafoodie#instafood#foodstyling#homecooking#cooking#asianfood#indonesianfood#yummy#obento#cookingram#igfood#homecooked

A photo posted by A spoonful of luv (@momi_rita) on Jan 21, 2017 at 5:58pm PST

Forget everything you know about the Reunion Dinner. Throw it in the bin and start again. In fact, grab yourself a boiled egg, some coriander and an almost-medical love of life because, this year kids, we're going to make an edible masque. A mangible drama. A food thriller: two chickens doing Jean-Claude Van Damme kicks in the air, overlooked by a giant egg in a red heart crown that looks like it's trying to cop a feel. It's so perfect I don't know why we hadn't thought of it already.

Cantonese Stir-Fried prawns with Orange Sauce (哈哈大笑 Har Lok - Laughing Prawns) - one of my 7 picks for reunion dinner with this Chinese New Year! . Check out my article "7 Reunion Dinner Dishes That Will Wow Your In Laws This CNY!" On my website (link in bio @theburningkitchen )

A photo posted by The Burning Kitchen (@theburningkitchen) on Jan 26, 2017 at 5:17pm PST

Sometimes a plate of prawns looks like a plate of prawns, and sometimes a plate of prawns looks like a hot sticky swimming number from a Busby Berkeley musical.

My little dumplings

A photo posted by Dumpling Dumpling (@dumplingx2) on Jan 26, 2017 at 10:36am PST

"Hey Paul, did you order a hundredweight of pork-stuffed moon units?" "Uuuurrhh, maybe?" "And did you then lie them out across my duvet while you tried to find enough butane for the grill?" "Uuuurrrhh, maybe?" "And did you take a selfie of you holding one like a tiny mobile phone and text it to Matt from work?" "Uuuurrrhhm, maybe?" "Paul, do you enjoy being an adult?" "Uuuurrrrnnn, maybe?"

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A photo posted by 左字廚房 George Kitchen@Paris (@georgekitchen) on Jan 25, 2017 at 9:01pm PST

Someone swipe an X on my map because, lads, I think I just found the spot. That's right, we're talking about a savoury cake. A gelatinous, semi-glazed, vaguely shrimp-ish cake covered in globules of mysterious red and grey matter. Precious!

「 長肉的小年夜與一盒稻香村」

A photo posted by Keywii Sung (@teenstigercat) on Jan 20, 2017 at 5:41am PST

Anyone for a game of Tetris? I bought my 'boy and plenty 'o batteries.

My recipe for the #SweetLunarNewYear party is on the blog! Snow Fungus Soup is considered a longevity tonic in traditional Chinese medicine and believed to be a magic food for the skin. It's really easy to make and I've provided notes to help you get to know the ingredients. . . . And don't miss the other sweet festive recipes from my blogger friends: @whattocooktoday @wokandskillet @atasteofjoyandlove @gritsandchopsticks @littlesweetbaker @brunchnbites @missinglokness @whatggmaate @annlow3663 @6etty @jeanetteshealthyliving @gina.chong @rotinrice @malaysianchinesekitchen @dailycookingquest @vforveggy @butterandtype @thevietvegan @thirstyfortea @kimchimari @lisas_lemonykitchen @omnivorescookbook @plantcrush @anitachu @nutfreewok @limeandcilantro . . . #lunarnewyear #lunarnewyearparty #lunarnewyear2017 #chinesenewyear #chinesenewyearparty #chinesenewyear2017 #chinesenewyearfood #chinesefood #chinesefoodlover #asianfood #asianfoodlover #snowfungus #traditionalchinesemedicine #traditionalchinesefood #tongsui

A photo posted by vermilionroots (@vermilionroots) on Jan 22, 2017 at 8:48am PST

Mmm mmm! Did somebody say "slow fungus"? Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy—are we in for a treat. A bowl of sweet wet fungus covered in small deflated balloons and a very pale Pac Man. Roll on midnight!

Specially for the coming festive season we will be serving Duck Rice Special during the weekends of Chinese New Year! Drop by with your family and friends to enjoy our wholesome meals! #AgakAgak #wheretoeatduringCNY #openCafeduringCNY #klangvalley #hellobangsar #bangsarfood #chinesenewyearfood #CNYfood #CNY2017 #duckrice #wholesomefood

A photo posted by AgakAgak (@agakagak_) on Jan 26, 2017 at 6:47pm PST

I can't wait to see what happens when Luli's new boyfriend tries to eat the pot plants and paper decoration at dinner. And Li Jie has to slide across the table in his pleather jeggings to try and pull it out of his jugular like a magician brandishing a white rabbit.

Day 4: I bought Kueh Bahulu as a gift for the upcoming Chinese New Year. It is a simple sponge cake. It is among one of the favorite treats of locals. I have never tried it before but I read that it is crispy on the outside but fluffy on the inside.

A photo posted by Elisa Choi Ang (@harmonythoughts) on Jan 25, 2017 at 9:21pm PST

"Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your traditional jellyfish-looking sponge cakes. Wearing this [gestures towards a small plastic screw-lid jar]. And only this … "

Happy year of the rooster! Slight miscommunication on who was meant to make the lo hei, but we managed to mcguyver something out of what was in the fridge. Thankfully mums fridge is well stocked can you tell what it is?

A photo posted by sormuijai (@sormuijai) on Jan 26, 2017 at 10:01pm PST

I think we can all get behind a "prosperity toss," don't you? And so, let's celebrate both new year and the Chinese diaspora in Singapore and Malaysia with some shredded raw fish, some salad, and a sassy wrist flick.

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A photo posted by Titip Snack Import (@titip_snack_import) on Jan 16, 2017 at 6:55am PST

Just say it like you see it, babe. Say it like you see it.