But the intentions of the man will make you cry. Good thing he wasn’t a great fighter,” said Ng. “I was like: ‘come on, I’m already a victim!'”. Who has that cream paste ready to go for scrambled eggs? The comedian also joked that at the time of the encounter, he should have said: I guess you can always leave it to Uncle Roger to liven things up. (Watch till the end!) I felt so odd watching the original video as I thought it was very much playing on stereotypes. Mashable, Inc. All Rights Reserved. He is super respectful, genuine interested in the people not just the food, and even a bit self deprecating. Thankfully a lot more chefs these days are actually treating their staff well. And though his bruise was looking “a little worse”, he took it in his stride. ", Entrepreneur and restaurateur George Chen tweeted: "Is the famous Chef going to curse at his white cooks in Asian or what? Later on, Ng would update on his situation, and thanked his fans for all the kind words and support they have given him. The thing is that's not his natural accent. I'm indonesian and eat plenty of fried rice from street vendor (well, before the pandemic anyway) and I don't remember any street vendor ever put rendang in it, lol. As nice as it is seeing him nail and respect the cuisine of other cultures, it’s even better when you see him get humbled for his attempts at relatively basic dishes. The assault occurred at around 9.15 p.m. local time on 24 February. Lest you’re unaware, Uncle Roger was not impressed with Jamie Oliver’s egg fried rice. Gordon Ramsey is legit a badass chef, unlike the many tv personalities imposter chefs out there. But that’s just me. I make tons of nasi goreng, so I definitely need to try this recipe. I still felt uncomfortable. The comedian also stated that he does not know who the mysterious “Rocky” was. Prepare tissue paper to watch this video based on real events: “It just really sucks that it happened because now I don’t know if I can feel safe walking back to my own place now,” he said. We were surprised that Uncle Roger didn't even comment on using a metal whisk in a wok? There was a whole week or two post-Uncle-Roger-egg-fried-rice where a lot of YouTubers put out egg fried rice videos and also where every video that was about rice cooking had some kind of Uncle Roger comment. Ng would go on to dismiss the whole notion of “you see your life flash before your eyes” as well, saying that throughout the whole “surreal experience”, he only worried about one thing: “The whole time he was punching me in the face, I was thinking: ‘Don’t f*** up my teeth, please don’t f*** up my teeth.'”. Now he's back again, this time offering commentary on Jamie Oliver's version on the dish. Uncle Roger, a character created by stand-up Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng, shot to fame when he savaged a BBC chef cooking plain rice and draining it using a colander. (Watch till the end!) Rather, he has found himself on the receiving end…. So Asians eat rice with spoon huh? A person could make his version but it shouldn't be called egg fried rice and instead some sort of Frankenstein rice dish. Sad toxic masculinity towards vegans. And some people were pretty vicious on the Internet for the way Hersha Patel cooked rice. Jamie Oliver has been brutally criticised by a Malaysian comedian for his egg fried rice recipe, who has said it is "all wrong". ©2020 “I’m guessing its probably Covid-racism related, which is really really shitty. I'm picturing the fire scene from Cast Away but with fried rice. Gordon was a world class chef before he became a tv personality, doesn't surprise me that he would know how to do a proper version. I mean, look at that Jamie Oliver video posted above. Uncle Roger's accent is of course more exaggerated, I enjoyed it. Bami goreng with some sateh and pisang goreng is bliss. It's also not my position to be offended on behalf of the asian community though, so I felt it best to just simply not share or promote the video myself since I'm not qualified to have an opinion judging it. I find his character less grating with the accent than his flirting when he was with Hersha Patel. Nigel's video spread like wildfire online. I find it just a shitty way of somehow proving how much you care about the food. "What are you going to put in there next — peanut butter?". but I guess without rendang, it's hardly any different than other region fried rice. is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. The video starts with Uncle Roger's remarks on Jamie Oliver and BBC's Chef Hersha Patel cooking. Gordon Ramsay is always really respectful of cooking food from other cultures, He is most of the time, but his carbonara is a travesty -. Love this guy. Every chef has a right to interpret another cuisine but the integrity and culture (read authenticity-albeit I hate that term) needs to be studied in depth and not WHITEwashed for marketing purposes!". You'd think that, considering Oliver is a world-renowned celebrity chef, things might have gone a bit better than they did with Patel. I'm torn on Uncle Roger. Though this time, he’s not chewing someone else out for doing a bad job at whipping up egg fried rice. personally, I identify Indonesian style fried rice more with sweet soy sauce or stinky bean than rendang. #shorts, Fried Rice, Correct What? He had filed a police report over the incident. #shorts, Malaysia Politics 2020 Explained That Even a 5-YO Will Understand, Among Us Fun Facts You Didn’t Know (Includes Origin of Among Us!). Apparently, the 23-year-old was walking along Oxford Street when a group of young men started beating him up. Yet alas, that’s exactly what happened to Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng, who’s best known for his viral Youtube persona “Uncle Roger”, and is now based in London. You know what you did.”. Otherwise yeah Gordon Ramsey is miles ahead of Jamie Oliver but no surprise there. Nevertheless, the encounter has left the comedian fearing for his own safety. Even with the traumatic experience behind him, it appears that Ng is not letting the situation affect his distinct sense of humour. But his scrambled eggs is bullshit. “On the plus side, the police officer knew who Uncle Roger was,” he said humorously. That isn't even mentioning the inexplicable amount of water Oliver adds to the pan halfway through cooking, which is something I have never seen happen before and hope to never see again. You must log in or register to reply here. Whether it’s unconventional fried rice, or a rigorous punch to the face. Jamie Oliver explained how he makes egg fried rice in an instructive step-by-step video, but Nigel Ng, also known as Uncle Roger on YouTube, had several issues with his recipe irishmirror Share “This random guy just came up and punched me in my face,” he said. After Uncle Roger's viral review got netizens' attention, Nigel Ng who is known by his YouTube name Uncle Roger, took to YouTube and shared his reaction video on Gordon Ramsay's video making the spicy fried rice from Indonesia. It only plays for a second or two, but that Pornhub intro music during the "feel up the rice" part killed me. As mentioned above, a Singaporean went through a similar experience in London sometime ago. Though unconfirmed, Ng suspects that it was his own Asian face that had given rise to the attack. Source: me an Indonesian who sell Nasi Goreng Rendang lol. Ramsey's restaurant group is preparing to launch Lucky Cat, which promotional material describes as "an authentic Asian Eating House and vibrant late-night lounge, inspired by the drinking dens of 1930s Tokyo and the Far East. Gordon Ramsay's newest London restaurant, "Lucky Cat," has become embroiled in a dispute over alleged cultural appropriation after an Asian food critic accused the celebrity chef of tokenism. "I don't know if Uncle Roger can go on. It sounds like English with a really thick over exaggerated Cantonese accent.