He’s a nice guy but he doesn’t think MSG is authentic Asian seasoning, MSG was discovered in the early 1900s by a Japanese guy, it’s a byproduct of drying seaweed. Also there’s nothing wrong with eating shrimp that hasn’t been divined, I do it all the time.
But stir-frying is such skill to be mastered, till now I just give up stir-frying because everything I stir-fried taste so 'bland'... I only able to do steam, boil, stew, roast but never stir-fry well =(
Uncle Roger's reaction to the "sorry children" was an extremely wholesome moment, as was the outtake of Nigel checking up on the Chinese chef. He's so funny but also a genuinely good person.
The Chef is really a good heart man and so polite. When Uncle Roger mimic to eat the Shrimp Vein he really thought Uncle Roger will eat, so he stop him immediately. Re really deserve more customers. God bless him. ❤
Taiwan is a free and independant nation. Unlike China. They are far from being one and the same and to claim as such is showing a lack of intelligence.
I don't think this is a particularly Asian thing. my very Irish grandma gave me a big butter cookie tin full of buttons and other sewing stuff when I was a kid, in the 70's. I'm glad to see this may be a world wide trend though :D
@@lisar3944 Yeah, my grandma had several tins of sewing supplies and buttons as well. I think they just thought it looked fancy, and why throw it away.
For those non-Asian who are wondering, objectively speaking, Thai durian are generally bigger in size, more flesh with relatively smaller pits, the flavor is milder and softer (usually cheaper as well). On the other hand, Malaysian durians are generally smaller, less flesh with bigger pits but better flavor. The best durian varieties such as musang king and black thorn are both Malaysian. In short, if you want flavor, Malaysian durian is always the way to go. If you want a better bang for your buck, go for Thai durian.
Malaysian here, I think Uncle Roger don't want bad mouth Thailand durians so he say almost as good as Malaysia 😂. Malaysian durians is softer than Thailand anytime as Thai people prefer unripe durians not naturally drop from trees. If you eat Malaysian durians Musang king must eat them frozen, they taste like ice cream! Any fruit thawed will be mushy soft after all. Malaysian durians is creamy with a bitter sweet taste strong flavour
As a chinese person, i feel so humbled by his chinese skills😂😂😂 I literally love this channel, i have been watching his channel for 3 years or so. I started watching because my classmates started saying" Give me a hhhaaaiaiiiiiyyyyaaaa"
@@moiramaine8986 Agreed. Even though I am not study in Chinese School, I still can learn from mother tongue. Chinese are basic standard for us just different accent and can learn different dialect also.
Bistro Na 那家小馆originated from a small alley in Beijing (2nd ring), close to where I lived. It is a very beijingese traditional restaurant, and one of my fav memories of Beijing. Everytime when I go back I try to visit. The menu changed a lot, and they started to be a chain. I still love it. Good pick uncle Roger!
everyone in this video was too wholesome for contact with full force uncle roger! 那家小馆 looks so good, i'll have to add it to the list the next time i'm in the 626
Hats off to you. It takes some courage to learn Chinese 😂 i know cuz it took all of us Chinese kids 3-4 years in elementary school to learn basic 2000 characters 😂😂😂
Keep plugging along. It takes time (especially to learn to read) but is very doable. I was one of the few white boys in Chinese class at the uni back in the 1980s. Having lived and worked in Taiwan and China I still use it today.
New sub - I watched your videos for years and never subbed. Today you spoke chinese well enough for a native speaker to understand you (the chef, i'm american). It impressed me a little! That's how you broaden your audience is by speaking half in english and half in another; it gets chinese speakers a chance to engage in your content. Good luck, m'guy.
😂😂😂 Uncle Roger really did a number on international fans. He has his schooling in a Chinese school where the medium of instruction is Chinese. He is also from a Chinese family where Chinese is spoken at home (Malaysia) Just so funny when "Ethnic Chinese" say "Oh, Uncle Roger speaks good Chinese.. so surprising" It is almost like saying "Oh, Chairman Xi speaks Chinese!" Wow!
The idea that people called the fire department because they thought there was a gas leak, only to discover it was just the smell of durian, absolutely cracked me up! Durian indeed smells like hydrogen sulfide 😂😂😂😂😂
@jane, a few years back he did some interviews when returning home around cny period in 2021 - one of which was by a radio station (kind of gave him some practice after being so long in the UK)
@@Noblebird02u meant Malaysian Chinese? Well, their (and other Southeast Asian nations) forefathers came from south China so there’s everything u mentioned except Wu, not forgetting the majority Hokkien and another smaller minority, Hainanese. Actually Mandarin only started to be ‘normalised’ and widespread almost a hundred years ago in China after some years of standardisation beginning since the overthrowing of Qing dynasty. As a result, overseas Chinese schools founded by Chinese immigrants started to adopt the new standard thereafter and over the years from Gen Y start to displace other southern Chinese languages
@@Noblebird02 The word ‘Malay’ refers to race rather than nationality. That being said for me as a Chinese Malaysian, my impression has always been that we actually speak Mandarin as more of a lingua franca between Chinese of different backgrounds. As there are Hainanese, Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew, Foochew, and more that I probably don’t know about, Mandarin is used as a working language between them while the dialects itself is more used within their own family or community like if they were from the same village or town that speaks the same specific dialect. As for me, Hainanese people are more of a small minority from where my hometown is, thus, I never got to use it or practice it other than with my paternal grandparents and so I slowly lost it after their passing. My parents are both Hainanese & Cantonese respectively so they spoke Mandarin to each other while speaking it to us as well. So it didn’t feel right speaking different dialects to them. And what was left was Cantonese that I picked up from my maternal grandparents who live in a community that mostly have Cantonese people or speaks Cantonese. So I only spoke Cantonese whenever visiting my grandmother and to other people there besides my mother (though I do speak to my mother in Cantonese for fun at times). But either way, besides those situations, Mandarin usually is the way to go usually as that’s the common language for Chinese people in not just Malaysia but also the greater Chinese speaking world (Taiwan & China) [don’t cancel me]. Anyway, hope that explains why. Sorry for the long writing!
@@15OgLoc I hear they're hard AF to get and even harder to keep. Probably just went sicko mode a few times but then it was way too demanding to keep up
@Jessiecoonjames thanks! I guess is a hit or miss sometimes, bet there are Michelin star restaurants that are bad cause for sure there are restaurants without them that are great!
Wow! Just the fact that it takes 6 months of training to strengthen your wrist in order to flip the food in the wok is mind blowing. Wok skill is definitely not appreciated enough. Awesome video
Nigel. The production and storytelling aspects in this episode is maybe some of the best edited content I've seen from you. You've been clearly stepping up your game and it's great to see it man. Well Done.
Even without the Michelin star this place is high end. Have eaten there a few times but only for special occasions. I can vouch for that shrimp!! A reservation is highly recommended as it gets packed. Uncle Roger fortunate enough to dine while it was closed, he got the special treatment for sure!
I hope this show brings a lot more customers to that nice chef’s restaurant. Maybe he didn’t understand that Uncle Roger is a character and not a real person giving a critique and that Uncle Roger’s character isn’t happy with anyone’s cooking?
Oh shit that Danish cookie bit is class, I was always disappointed after finding the sewing kit. Almost as bad as finding an ice cream tub in the freezer full of bloody tarka daal lol
Remember, light soy sauce is for flavour, dark soy sauce is for colouring. Sometimes you just want flavour, but don't want to darken your dish. Use light soy sauce, not the kikkoman brand (use that for Japanese dishes along with sake and mirin).
Ive been to The US and China and people in both countries are so nice. Funny thing is how sociable both people are and both love to wear comfy clothes. So alike in many ways. So remember folks, Goverment and media is not a good representation of the people of any nation.
@@TheOdinCrusade seeing is believing- you can’t believe anything you hear from social media nowadays. Plus, seeing how the “government” is running the country (USA to be precise) from creating tensions and wars in other countries and supporting genocides (Palestine and Israel) - don’t believe in what politicians/government says - they rather spend all our taxpayers’ money on others than its own citizens.
@@xueshang1035 He already mentioned in one of his video. During one of his world tour years ago, he poke fun at the CCP. He said things such as "Long live President Xi.", "China, good country. Good country.", "Good comrade, good comrade", "Taiwan not real country", "Don't use Huawei phone. They spying on you.", etc. He also anticipated that he would be ban from China and turn out to be true days later.
As a guy livng in China, I confirm if I suddenly get teleported there, I won't notice. Edit: Yeah, China's IP cannot connect to RUclips, but most foreign people in China use VPN for social media, such as Instagram, RUclips etc.
I do love uncle roger when he speaks mandarin . As a half chinese that have lost my mother tongue . It was a good way to learn and practice and get back to the language .
I was in Malaysia a few weeks this summer and tried durian for the first time. Musang king. I loved it! First time I only had two pieces. Next time three. The following two, I ate the full durian in one sitting! I had to. My family wouldn't dare trying it, and you cannot keep it in the fridge.
Uncle Roger needs to have his own late show here. he’d be the best. San Gabriel rocks for very Asian food you can find. Just the traffic from the valley doesn’t.
First time I ever encountered durian (knowingly) was while working security for a large office building in downtown Seattle. One of the office spaces reported a nasty "trash" smell and since it was spring time we were initially thinking it was the scent wafting up from the alley below. I walked through the area reported and narrowed it down to just a few cubicles, one of which a nice gentleman was enjoying some food on his break. It took a good 10 min for me and 2 other staff to put it together the smell was coming from the fruit, which is when we spoke with the guy and asked him what he was eating. Mind you, I was a corporate security officer so I wasn't wearing BDUs and a shiny badge or any other obvious "security" uniform pieces, so thankfully we came off very unthreatening. He explained it was durian and a fruit native to where he was from. To him and a lot of native Asian people it smells great and tastes as good, but to others it has a range of bad smells from natural gas to bad trash. I simply took a report, no harm no foul, but his staff had to let him know this type of ethnic food would fall under the same category as cooking fish or popcorn in a company breakroom.
Uncle Roger... this is probably your best video ever! One important factor that made it great is that your English is perfect, with an American accent, so good that my mother did not believe that you were Chinese (from Malaysia). She thought you were American. (I warned her that you could be "naughty" in your videos, but she overlooked it because you are so funny. I was not sure either. I speak a couple languages and I know that English is difficult. You must be pretty damned smart to pull it off that well! I worked for a Chinese family in their restaurant when I was a teenager (and I was still cool then) but they were from Hong Kong and spoke Cantonese, not Mandarin. I learned a little bit of Cantonese from working for them (Kong and Sui-lan) but now I only remember enough to order lunch. But seeing you just talking with the fish manager and the chef in Mandarin really gave you the "street cred," if you will. Legitimacy all day. It was awesome. I hope the chef really understood that you do comedy and he was not offended, because he seemed to be a good sport and a nice guy. If you are ever interested, I make the best Chinese-American eggrolls you ever tasted. I got the recipe from the family I worked for and I have made them for my family and friends since then, for the last 35 years. Imagine being an American kid, working for a family from Hong Kong, in their restaurant... in Germany... in the 80s. It was a wild ride! But I grew up with a lot of Asian family friends (Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai) and so Asian food has always been a part of my life. But of those, other that Vietnamese Pho, Chinese has been my favorite. (I only like a very few Thai dishes... I don't like seafood.) I have been learning to cook Korean recently (which is more complicated that I had imagined for some dishes) and is my new effort. But my offer to make you eggrolls and we laugh, makes jokes, (maybe drink a beer or two) and make fun of people is an open and legitimate offer. I have pretty credible homemade kimchi too. And yes, I always use MSG... on everything. Even Western food. I usually buy Ajonomoto. FUIYOH!!!
English is difficult because it's, for lack of a better word, stupid. It's like a mashup of several languages while lacking the consistency of any of them.
wow the crispy shrimp, the fried rice and the other dishes really look delicious. really have the asian feel even in US, SGV. Great finding! Thank you Uncle Roger. Able to find mala hot pot in US, LA?
There is a video of Marco Pierre White cutting onions where a reporter ask him if a chief ever cries while cutting onions. His answer:" The only reason a chief might cry is if he lose a Michelin Star, or if he wins one." You could tell the pain in that chief when you asked him about his lost star.
Yeah, that was painful to watch. The man had one Michelin Star, to get that means you're an amazing chef. Heck, he lost that and gained it back, clearly, he is top tier.
As an Asian American in Orlando (grew up in Thailand) and works in my wife’s family-owned restaurant, I’m offended I’ve never heard of the Chinese Beverly Hills. I drove to LA before too. Oh, also, I worked as a jeweler in New York before 9/11. So basically I’m old as hell and I’ve lived in the US for way too long yet I’ve never heard of something like this.
I saw that giant tea kettle suspended on the water and knew immediately where he was. He went through Temple City, which is a few minutes awayf rom where I live.
In other news, water is wet. Natural umami is always better though, because in subtle dishes you can taste the artificial flavouring of store-bought MSG.
If not for uncle Roger roasting auntie Hersha, I still would not know many of the food bloggers and RUclipsrs. Literally enjoying uncle Roger videos so much.
I learned 2 things-- Finally, wtf SGV means & where it is. And how heavy that wok is. Nobody normal has tried to toss with it, so i also thought it was kinda light, the way chinese chefs pick it up with one hand & toss with it.
Tbf Uncle Roger’s China socials been deleted from Chinese Internet doesn’t mean he has travel ban to China cuz China gov never announced or given this kind ban to Uncle Roger. So why he didn’t go to China after getting ban on Chinese Internet because he is afraid of disappeared in China 😂
Only the people are cool, the communist government sucks so he's not missing out. Imagine not being able to use your freedom of speech to make jokes. Smh
@@liasophia3172 He is banned from entering the country. All of his Chinese social media got suspended. He already mentioned in one of his video. During one of his world tour years ago, he poke fun at the CCP. He said things such as "Long live President Xi.", "China, good country. Good country.", "Good comrade, good comrade", "Taiwan not real country", "Don't use Huawei phone. They spying on you.", etc. He also anticipated that he would be ban from China and turn out to be true days later.
Call Roger I don’t know if you read your comments, but I went to your show. It was great. You are the MSG king not a chef but only complain. Love you so much.
That Chinese chef was so polite and sweet man, he deserves more customers fr
Definitely. He’s a good chef and guy. Hard working.
Indeed.
he threw the msg out, he can kick rocks.
The place is usually pretty full! I think they had uncle Roger over when the restaurant was closed
He’s a nice guy but he doesn’t think MSG is authentic Asian seasoning, MSG was discovered in the early 1900s by a Japanese guy, it’s a byproduct of drying seaweed. Also there’s nothing wrong with eating shrimp that hasn’t been divined, I do it all the time.
Man that chef is too pure, you did him dirty 😭
Watch the outtakes. :) he had to make sure he wasn't offending the good sir. :)
he had flashbacks to his own uncle lmfao
you are gay？😢
@@asura6510Why are you bringing gay people into this? It not related at all
@@asura6510Why are bringing gay people into this? This isnt related to taht at all
"salt sugar vinegar, now you know recipie, you don't need to eat here any more"
the look on his face. he understood every word.
He looks like he was contemplating hacking him with his cleaver 🤣🤣🤣
I tot hes been in the state for 15 years?? 😂
@@morthim he doesn't speak English, but he can understand it
He can't speak english fluently, but he understands what people are talking about
But stir-frying is such skill to be mastered,
till now I just give up stir-frying because everything I stir-fried taste so 'bland'...
I only able to do steam, boil, stew, roast but never stir-fry well =(
The chef was a cutie-patootie! The store owner, the customers, the man cleaning the fish, the chef they all seemed such nice and kind people.
Uncle Roger's reaction to the "sorry children" was an extremely wholesome moment, as was the outtake of Nigel checking up on the Chinese chef. He's so funny but also a genuinely good person.
Appreciate that you were kind enough to check in with the chef uncle at the end. He seemed so kind and patient :)
08:05 I like how Chef holds his tongue 🫤 when Roger said no need coming anymore after knowing all the ingredients
6:20 Everyone knows M.S.G. stands for Michelin Star Guarantee.
No M.S.G = No Star.
Now we know why he lost his michelin star 2 years ago
Make shit good
Fuiyoh!😂
No make shit good
Uh... No. Not at all. And Rodger was super rude
The Chef is really a good heart man and so polite. When Uncle Roger mimic to eat the Shrimp Vein he really thought Uncle Roger will eat, so he stop him immediately. Re really deserve more customers. God bless him. ❤
Uncle Roger you should have built up enough wrist strength since Antie Helen left you.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
On the other hand, we can see he's been practicising abstinence.
Such Emotional Damage
why wrist so weak? So weak
@@al145 wrist weaker than jamie Oliver's food haiiyaaaa😂
Bro really said we got China at home lol
Got Americanized China at home
Technically, he is only banned from People's Republic of China. He is not ban in Republic of China.
@@ryana5435 hEY, atleast its better than actually being in china.
@@ryana5435 China minus Chinese fascists (replaced by American fascists)
Taiwan is a free and independant nation. Unlike China. They are far from being one and the same and to claim as such is showing a lack of intelligence.
2:47 I haven't heard a Sorry Children in over a year. Glad to have it back
"nice and soft"
Schlatt went to Japan for pizza and uncle Roger went to a Chinese American city for Chinese food hmmm I see similarities
I'm glad you reassured the chef that you're just joking around lol. He seems so sweet.
That Michelin star comment hit the chef so hard but the food looks good it deserve a star
I feel like the chef's fist was ready to fly when uncle Roger was roasting him. LOL. He looks very calm and kind though. :)
For real, you can tell he takes great pride in his work and the comment about the star got him on edge
an at 8:16 aw poor guy
I might’ve gone for it if I were him. Uncle Roger was so rude.
@@VintageVegans calm downnnn.
@@phonphailinjang2576 ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about calming down
The butter cookie tin comes with sewing supplies already inside? That's some Asian efficiency right there.
That could be an idea for someone trying to sell their sewing starter kit.
Yes…to adjust waistband to larger size after eating all the cookies🤪🤪🤪
哈哈，that's very Chinese way to store your sewing toolkit
I don't think this is a particularly Asian thing. my very Irish grandma gave me a big butter cookie tin full of buttons and other sewing stuff when I was a kid, in the 70's. I'm glad to see this may be a world wide trend though :D
@@lisar3944 Yeah, my grandma had several tins of sewing supplies and buttons as well. I think they just thought it looked fancy, and why throw it away.
Supermarket owner and chef seem like calm and genuinely nice people. I really like their vibes.
1:46 sewing kit inside the cookie box is so real.😭🤣
at first look i knew he gonna roast it lol
😂😂😂
Super relatable
That is universal. In Romania it's either cookies or ice cream box 😂
And this exact brand
For those non-Asian who are wondering, objectively speaking, Thai durian are generally bigger in size, more flesh with relatively smaller pits, the flavor is milder and softer (usually cheaper as well). On the other hand, Malaysian durians are generally smaller, less flesh with bigger pits but better flavor. The best durian varieties such as musang king and black thorn are both Malaysian. In short, if you want flavor, Malaysian durian is always the way to go. If you want a better bang for your buck, go for Thai durian.
As i live in Singapore, all the durian i eat is from Malaysia
P.s. i am chinese
Malaysian here, I think Uncle Roger don't want bad mouth Thailand durians so he say almost as good as Malaysia 😂. Malaysian durians is softer than Thailand anytime as Thai people prefer unripe durians not naturally drop from trees. If you eat Malaysian durians Musang king must eat them frozen, they taste like ice cream! Any fruit thawed will be mushy soft after all. Malaysian durians is creamy with a bitter sweet taste strong flavour
@@sarahliu5310 Or you can go for Vietnam Durian, smaller in size but sweeter.
@@phantomlumina8686 The flesh and pit ratio depends on the specific durian variety, not the country of origin
@@teoengchin yep
As a chinese person, i feel so humbled by his chinese skills😂😂😂
I literally love this channel, i have been watching his channel for 3 years or so. I started watching because my classmates started saying" Give me a hhhaaaiaiiiiiyyyyaaaa"
Same here 😂
-30000000 social credit
most chinese malaysian learn 3 languages at school; malay, english and mandarin
@@moiramaine8986 Agreed. Even though I am not study in Chinese School, I still can learn from mother tongue. Chinese are basic standard for us just different accent and can learn different dialect also.
My first time, not too bad
Bistro Na 那家小馆originated from a small alley in Beijing (2nd ring), close to where I lived. It is a very beijingese traditional restaurant, and one of my fav memories of Beijing. Everytime when I go back I try to visit. The menu changed a lot, and they started to be a chain. I still love it. Good pick uncle Roger!
7:15 this Chinese chef is really a nice person🥺
everyone in this video was too wholesome for contact with full force uncle roger! 那家小馆 looks so good, i'll have to add it to the list the next time i'm in the 626
This man turned a joke into a series with hope, despair, loss and hype. He deserves every bit of recognition he has and even beyond that
Agree
Making cooking more fun 😹🤣 Gogo Chung Hwa high school , go Hokkien Lang ai piah.
"You Taiwanese or Chinese"
"Chinese"
"Trick question, Same thing"
Uncle tryna get cancelled in Taiwan too 💀💀
I think he's trying to end his ban from china to meet with the fried rice masters.
Too late...
I've been learning chinese for a few months now, and listening to the chef speak and understanding like a quarter of what he said was so satisfying
Hats off to you. It takes some courage to learn Chinese 😂 i know cuz it took all of us Chinese kids 3-4 years in elementary school to learn basic 2000 characters 😂😂😂
Keep plugging along. It takes time (especially to learn to read) but is very doable. I was one of the few white boys in Chinese class at the uni back in the 1980s. Having lived and worked in Taiwan and China I still use it today.
I think you would find the channel Kazu Languages interesting.
That's so cool!
Granny: “OPEN YO BIG MOUTH!”
That granny was seconds away from hitting him with a cooking appliance.
8:17 he trying to hold his tears, so cute
Chinese Thierry Henry twitching his face😂
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New sub - I watched your videos for years and never subbed. Today you spoke chinese well enough for a native speaker to understand you (the chef, i'm american). It impressed me a little! That's how you broaden your audience is by speaking half in english and half in another; it gets chinese speakers a chance to engage in your content. Good luck, m'guy.
😂😂😂 Uncle Roger really did a number on international fans. He has his schooling in a Chinese school where the medium of instruction is Chinese. He is also from a Chinese family where Chinese is spoken at home (Malaysia) Just so funny when "Ethnic Chinese" say "Oh, Uncle Roger speaks good Chinese.. so surprising"
It is almost like saying "Oh, Chairman Xi speaks Chinese!" Wow!
3:12 "look at them staring at us!" "😀" "you want free sample? go to costco! fuck off!" "🙁"
That woman didn't take a slice of durian, she took a whole goddamn lobe, left nothing for the rest of the line!
@@exidy-yt With durian, it is either an entire seed, or nothing at all. No such thing as slices.
It’s even funnier with the kid right there. 😅
xD
😂😂😂
The chief seems so nice, hope many people come to Bistro Na to try his foods. I will come to visit his food soon.
The idea that people called the fire department because they thought there was a gas leak, only to discover it was just the smell of durian, absolutely cracked me up! Durian indeed smells like hydrogen sulfide 😂😂😂😂😂
That depends on who you are talking to. For durian lovers, it smells better than Chanel! 😂
It smells like hangover and gym socks
Smells like a urinal to me.
@@Kaylbee I think we are both right
It smells like instant and temporary happiness.
加油uncle roger,疫情的时候就发现你的视频，很惊讶你的频道在如此短的时间获得如此惊人的增长速度替你感到高兴，视频过度真实的互动真的很有趣，期待你尝试中文的脱口秀😀
I'm so used to hearing Uncle Roger speaking Manglish that I didn't realize I actually long to hear his Malaysian Mandarin
I am surprised that Chinese Malays speak Mandarin rather than a more southern Chinese language (like Hakka, Cantonese, Teochew or even Wu)
@jane, a few years back he did some interviews when returning home around cny period in 2021 - one of which was by a radio station (kind of gave him some practice after being so long in the UK)
@@Noblebird02u meant Malaysian Chinese? Well, their (and other Southeast Asian nations) forefathers came from south China so there’s everything u mentioned except Wu, not forgetting the majority Hokkien and another smaller minority, Hainanese.
Actually Mandarin only started to be ‘normalised’ and widespread almost a hundred years ago in China after some years of standardisation beginning since the overthrowing of Qing dynasty. As a result, overseas Chinese schools founded by Chinese immigrants started to adopt the new standard thereafter and over the years from Gen Y start to displace other southern Chinese languages
@@ngcollin88 that is a huge shame. I wish there was more effort to preserve Chinese languages like Teochew or Yue
@@Noblebird02 The word ‘Malay’ refers to race rather than nationality. That being said for me as a Chinese Malaysian, my impression has always been that we actually speak Mandarin as more of a lingua franca between Chinese of different backgrounds. As there are Hainanese, Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew, Foochew, and more that I probably don’t know about, Mandarin is used as a working language between them while the dialects itself is more used within their own family or community like if they were from the same village or town that speaks the same specific dialect. As for me, Hainanese people are more of a small minority from where my hometown is, thus, I never got to use it or practice it other than with my paternal grandparents and so I slowly lost it after their passing. My parents are both Hainanese & Cantonese respectively so they spoke Mandarin to each other while speaking it to us as well. So it didn’t feel right speaking different dialects to them. And what was left was Cantonese that I picked up from my maternal grandparents who live in a community that mostly have Cantonese people or speaks Cantonese. So I only spoke Cantonese whenever visiting my grandmother and to other people there besides my mother (though I do speak to my mother in Cantonese for fun at times). But either way, besides those situations, Mandarin usually is the way to go usually as that’s the common language for Chinese people in not just Malaysia but also the greater Chinese speaking world (Taiwan & China) [don’t cancel me].
Anyway, hope that explains why.
Sorry for the long writing!
Lord, the fear in that guy's eyes around 6:50 when you asked why they lost the Michelin star was palpable
@@ncolvin05 lmao he froze HARD
What do you think actually happened?
@@15OgLoc I hear they're hard AF to get and even harder to keep. Probably just went sicko mode a few times but then it was way too demanding to keep up
@@15OgLoc dining experience, quality consistency.
@Jessiecoonjames thanks! I guess is a hit or miss sometimes, bet there are Michelin star restaurants that are bad cause for sure there are restaurants without them that are great!
Wow! Just the fact that it takes 6 months of training to strengthen your wrist in order to flip the food in the wok is mind blowing. Wok skill is definitely not appreciated enough. Awesome video
Nigel.
The production and storytelling aspects in this episode is maybe some of the best edited content I've seen from you.
You've been clearly stepping up your game and it's great to see it man.
Well Done.
Even without the Michelin star this place is high end. Have eaten there a few times but only for special occasions. I can vouch for that shrimp!! A reservation is highly recommended as it gets packed. Uncle Roger fortunate enough to dine while it was closed, he got the special treatment for sure!
Ooh thanks for the info I live in the sgv and this place is on my to go list now haha
They only took the star away cuz the restaurant stopped using MSG.
I was born raised and still living in SGV,China America
this is the funniest segment
Same here. I remember going to 99 Ranch Market on Nogales in the late 80s.
I thought you grew up in Delaware Joe
8:17 sir chef suddenly went 🥲
lmao
I hope this show brings a lot more customers to that nice chef’s restaurant. Maybe he didn’t understand that Uncle Roger is a character and not a real person giving a critique and that Uncle Roger’s character isn’t happy with anyone’s cooking?
@@toscadonna true. hoping for the best! 💝
The look of betrayal on his face 😂
Uncle Chef saw all his life pass in front of his eyes when you joked that now we know the secret sauce we don't need to go there
yes it was evil
Oh shit that Danish cookie bit is class, I was always disappointed after finding the sewing kit. Almost as bad as finding an ice cream tub in the freezer full of bloody tarka daal lol
it's a universal experience
Yeah I think we may have found what unites all humans 😅
Last time I was this early, Uncle Roger was still allowed in China.
@@pensandshakers same
@@hex_ur same (keep spamming same)
@@Leshaun-lingle same
@@6KenangaAcc same
@@6KenangaAcc same
8:10 about his secret recipe it's actually called light soy sauce, it's different. In chinese 生抽= light soy sauce 老抽=dark soy sauce
Remember, light soy sauce is for flavour, dark soy sauce is for colouring. Sometimes you just want flavour, but don't want to darken your dish. Use light soy sauce, not the kikkoman brand (use that for Japanese dishes along with sake and mirin).
Yes,
I like La Choy. It's like a wheelbarrow full of salt exploded.
The chef is so innocent and cuteee! Love everybody in this video. This is so wholesome ❤️🧿
Ive been to The US and China and people in both countries are so nice. Funny thing is how sociable both people are and both love to wear comfy clothes. So alike in many ways. So remember folks, Goverment and media is not a good representation of the people of any nation.
Good comment
@@TheOdinCrusade seeing is believing- you can’t believe anything you hear from social media nowadays. Plus, seeing how the “government” is running the country (USA to be precise) from creating tensions and wars in other countries and supporting genocides (Palestine and Israel) - don’t believe in what politicians/government says - they rather spend all our taxpayers’ money on others than its own citizens.
True words. Governments make problems, people have to deal with the fallout. Dayum shame the way things have worked out.
6:26 You know the food is good when the chef doesn't speak English.
Coincidentally, 626 is also the San Gabriel Valley area code
I love that even the owner was caught off guard (just like so many of us as kids)
thats a fact unles he also doesent speak asian i dont wanna typ out every country
626 is Stitch
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6 months of flipping sand!? Thats militant, hardcore!! Give that man his Star back!! I want that shrimp!! Great weejio!!
Dude my uncle made his dumpling and they were sooooooooo good this man is a great chef and is great at selling stuff
Uncle roger: banned from China.
Also Uncle Roger: we have China in LA
He is only ban in People's Republic of China. He is not ban in Republic of China.
*we have China at home 💀
@@player2-lightwater914 trick question. same thing!!
I’m still confused how banned is he? Like he can never travel to China ? 😂
@@xueshang1035 He already mentioned in one of his video. During one of his world tour years ago, he poke fun at the CCP. He said things such as "Long live President Xi.", "China, good country. Good country.", "Good comrade, good comrade", "Taiwan not real country", "Don't use Huawei phone. They spying on you.", etc. He also anticipated that he would be ban from China and turn out to be true days later.
1:49 Ah typical Asian cookie box moment
Old white women too - why buy organizational containers when you can get them for free?
@@tessie7e777 Or you bought your Mom a fishing tackle box for Mothers Day .....lol
African too
guys I think it's universal
Asian, pff. Try again.
That's EVERYONE'S grandma for the last 40 years.
Man, I didn’t think the day would come when my favorite Asian supermarket made it into an Uncle Roger video but here we are
I was so surprised that uncle roger didn't forget his mandarin!! FUIYOHHHH nice nice, uncle roger make all chinese feel so special~
This chef's too sweet. I hope more customers get to try his legendary cooks..
As a guy livng in China, I confirm if I suddenly get teleported there, I won't notice.
Edit: Yeah, China's IP cannot connect to RUclips, but most foreign people in China use VPN for social media, such as Instagram, RUclips etc.
@@eh-fc6bb People in China aren't allowed to use RUclips.
@@larisaberesneva-y7n VPN exists
@@larisaberesneva-y7nlife finds a way… with VPN
@@larisaberesneva-y7n but no laws against teleporting?
@@larisaberesneva-y7nThere are still some wise people that uses vpn
I do love uncle roger when he speaks mandarin . As a half chinese that have lost my mother tongue . It was a good way to learn and practice and get back to the language .
I was in Malaysia a few weeks this summer and tried durian for the first time. Musang king. I loved it! First time I only had two pieces. Next time three. The following two, I ate the full durian in one sitting! I had to. My family wouldn't dare trying it, and you cannot keep it in the fridge.
I loved the brief xiangqi shot at 12:15 -- it's such a great game! I wish it were as widely enjoyed as chinese food.
Mìlà always looked so good. Good to know they’re Uncle Approved.
Too bad they're astronomically overpriced.
trader joes pork and ginger soup dumplings tastes better AND cheaper
@@grownupgaming Trader Joe's has dumplings?? I have a friend who works there. I'll have to get her to bring me some. Thanks!
6:30 bros a savage throwing that MSG away in front of Roger😂
😂😂😂
lol the chef's face 😂 after ungcle roger said we knw the recipe dont need to eat here lol
Uncle Roger needs to have his own late show here. he’d be the best. San Gabriel rocks for very Asian food you can find. Just the traffic from the valley doesn’t.
First time I ever encountered durian (knowingly) was while working security for a large office building in downtown Seattle. One of the office spaces reported a nasty "trash" smell and since it was spring time we were initially thinking it was the scent wafting up from the alley below. I walked through the area reported and narrowed it down to just a few cubicles, one of which a nice gentleman was enjoying some food on his break. It took a good 10 min for me and 2 other staff to put it together the smell was coming from the fruit, which is when we spoke with the guy and asked him what he was eating. Mind you, I was a corporate security officer so I wasn't wearing BDUs and a shiny badge or any other obvious "security" uniform pieces, so thankfully we came off very unthreatening. He explained it was durian and a fruit native to where he was from. To him and a lot of native Asian people it smells great and tastes as good, but to others it has a range of bad smells from natural gas to bad trash. I simply took a report, no harm no foul, but his staff had to let him know this type of ethnic food would fall under the same category as cooking fish or popcorn in a company breakroom.
So true! Most people who love them can confirm you will love the taste once you get used to the smell first.
Uncle Roger... this is probably your best video ever! One important factor that made it great is that your English is perfect, with an American accent, so good that my mother did not believe that you were Chinese (from Malaysia). She thought you were American. (I warned her that you could be "naughty" in your videos, but she overlooked it because you are so funny. I was not sure either. I speak a couple languages and I know that English is difficult. You must be pretty damned smart to pull it off that well! I worked for a Chinese family in their restaurant when I was a teenager (and I was still cool then) but they were from Hong Kong and spoke Cantonese, not Mandarin. I learned a little bit of Cantonese from working for them (Kong and Sui-lan) but now I only remember enough to order lunch. But seeing you just talking with the fish manager and the chef in Mandarin really gave you the "street cred," if you will. Legitimacy all day. It was awesome. I hope the chef really understood that you do comedy and he was not offended, because he seemed to be a good sport and a nice guy. If you are ever interested, I make the best Chinese-American eggrolls you ever tasted. I got the recipe from the family I worked for and I have made them for my family and friends since then, for the last 35 years. Imagine being an American kid, working for a family from Hong Kong, in their restaurant... in Germany... in the 80s. It was a wild ride! But I grew up with a lot of Asian family friends (Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai) and so Asian food has always been a part of my life. But of those, other that Vietnamese Pho, Chinese has been my favorite. (I only like a very few Thai dishes... I don't like seafood.) I have been learning to cook Korean recently (which is more complicated that I had imagined for some dishes) and is my new effort. But my offer to make you eggrolls and we laugh, makes jokes, (maybe drink a beer or two) and make fun of people is an open and legitimate offer. I have pretty credible homemade kimchi too. And yes, I always use MSG... on everything. Even Western food. I usually buy Ajonomoto. FUIYOH!!!
invest in this guy
As he stated over and over, UR is a character he plays. If you look at his standup performance back in the days, he has zero accent
@@Excendism based rikka takanashi pfp
English is difficult because it's, for lack of a better word, stupid. It's like a mashup of several languages while lacking the consistency of any of them.
@@Ptzou I have noticed. Funny as hell!
Aw my god his little smile when he finished plating the shrimp and uncle Rodger eats his batch so good
looks like uncle roger is f'ing with the chef the whole time there lol
Uncle Roger must've heard his ancestors crying after the chef threw MSG in the dustbin 😂😂
1:45 my mother also used Royal Dansk to store sewing kits. Just like ice cream container with fish😂
Are u Malaysian? If not, Idk why we asian pepol has the same "biscuit" and "ice cream container" full of fish n sewing kits😂..
Using the cookie tin for sewing kits is normal for the South in the US. Maybe everywhere.
@@rosanmokhtar3736 I'm from the Philippines 😂
That's a go-to move for LATAM women, as well as the bag that holds only bags!
Chinese chef is super polite and cool!
Thank You!!!!! Just got back from restaurant with my girl and kids - celebrated my b-day there. Best egg friend rice - despite lack of msg.
Uncle Roger- now we all know the recipe, u don't need to eat here anymore.
The chef - 😐😶
11:51 Copy Uncle Gordan
wow the crispy shrimp, the fried rice and the other dishes really look delicious. really have the asian feel even in US, SGV. Great finding! Thank you Uncle Roger. Able to find mala hot pot in US, LA?
That shrimp 10:16 :Freedom!!!!!
"Almost as good as Malaysian durian" 🔆Fuiyoh!!😂
Malaysian durian is the best. ❤😂
malaysian durian miles better. i mean really2 better
There is no way. Malaysian Durian is the best.
6:40 oh my i can feel in his looks the disappointment in his ancestor
Thank you !!! You are the best. Hope more people get to see you and what you have to say bless God bless.❤️
The "this not costco, no free sample fuck off" got me laughing so hard I had to show my grandpa.
There is a video of Marco Pierre White cutting onions where a reporter ask him if a chief ever cries while cutting onions.
His answer:" The only reason a chief might cry is if he lose a Michelin Star, or if he wins one."
You could tell the pain in that chief when you asked him about his lost star.
my sister just lost her star too recently, she own a Thai restaurant in Berlin, we didn’t facetime, but I can here her tears thru the voice call.
Yeah, that was painful to watch. The man had one Michelin Star, to get that means you're an amazing chef. Heck, he lost that and gained it back, clearly, he is top tier.
@@aeis3007 " to get that means you're an amazing chef" - then you have Pierre White returning all of his Michelin star lol
@@aimkambhu5844 I'm sorry for her, I only ate there once but Kin Dee was very cool
Uncle Rodger, you're actually in Temple City, California and San Gabriel, California. They welcome you.
As an Asian American in Orlando (grew up in Thailand) and works in my wife’s family-owned restaurant, I’m offended I’ve never heard of the Chinese Beverly Hills. I drove to LA before too.
Oh, also, I worked as a jeweler in New York before 9/11. So basically I’m old as hell and I’ve lived in the US for way too long yet I’ve never heard of something like this.
the look on that chefs face is priceless. "why you lost 2 Michelin stars?" "you dont need to eat here anymore"
I saw that giant tea kettle suspended on the water and knew immediately where he was. He went through Temple City, which is a few minutes awayf rom where I live.
Me, too! I go by that corner almost weekly! Next Nigel needs to try Summer Rolls, Lanzhou Beef Noodle, and so many other places in the SGV.
The sewing kit in cookie container is iconic...I'm from Ghana and hare too if you see cookies in that container it's a miracle 😂
I’m Asian too. From Taiwan. Have you heard of it.❤🎉 Love you videos,keep up the good work.❤❤🎉🎉😊
"We don't use MSG" translates to We rely on the pre-existing MSG in our condiments and natural MSG occurring in foods.
So they aren't using any MSG....
white people cant escape haiya
@@anlail2090 they are, since it's in the ingredients by default (which many recipes already do) but they're just not adding any extra
Duh?
In other news, water is wet. Natural umami is always better though, because in subtle dishes you can taste the artificial flavouring of store-bought MSG.
10:23 They have a gym for that??? 😯
12:04 both have the same smile :)
If not for uncle Roger roasting auntie Hersha, I still would not know many of the food bloggers and RUclipsrs. Literally enjoying uncle Roger videos so much.
No joke, no ones shd attempt the full size wok toss without training, your wrist will gt hurt
Jokes on you I train cupping
And furthermore it's using the weaker hand to toss while the stronger hand holding the spatula
Hearing uncle Roger saying “walao” gives a true malaysian heart
1:46 I felt that 💀
ifkr
My fav cookie too, as an Asian
This is your best video in a long while. Loved the soundtrack, you speaking Mandarin etc. More of this!
I'm with my Malaysian brother on this. 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾
I learned 2 things--
Finally, wtf SGV means & where it is.
And how heavy that wok is. Nobody normal has tried to toss with it, so i also thought it was kinda light, the way chinese chefs pick it up with one hand & toss with it.
San Gabriel Valley in southern California
we refer it as the 626 for us locals
Uncle roger scared of China ❌️
China scared of him ✅️
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Nailed it.
Tbf Uncle Roger’s China socials been deleted from Chinese Internet doesn’t mean he has travel ban to China cuz China gov never announced or given this kind ban to Uncle Roger. So why he didn’t go to China after getting ban on Chinese Internet because he is afraid of disappeared in China 😂
@@ryana5435 he's not even ban on chinese internet, his stuff is everywhere
@@y-adouradou446 www.baidu.com/s?ie=utf-8&f=8&rsv_bp=1&rsv_idx=1&tn=baidu&wd=%E7%BD%97%E6%9D%B0%E5%8F%94%E5%8F%94&fenlei=256&rsv_pq=0xb533fb58014e9473&rsv_t=be17fBLomtZMFfhyKPIIpuHaDfYmgMw85BMNfZ%2BpBP8M1mwBsfeXsRxE71aB&rqlang=en&rsv_dl=tb&rsv_enter=1&rsv_n=2&rsv_sug3=1&rsv_sug1=1&rsv_sug7=100&rsv_sug2=0&rsv_btype=i&prefixsug=%25E7%25BD%2597%25E6%259D%25B0%25E5%258F%2594%25E5%258F%2594&rsp=4&inputT=3746&rsv_sug4=3746
Whoever told the chef it was a good idea to invite Uncle Roger, probably lost their job because of that Michelin star question.
2:06 Uncle Roger trying to get his Visa back with these jokes 😂
funny af thou
If China wants to ban him from entering the country. It’s their loss.
1 minute is so early
Uncle Roger got banned from China again! That's so sad...
Only the people are cool, the communist government sucks so he's not missing out. Imagine not being able to use your freedom of speech to make jokes. Smh
I see that as a badge of honor.
@@liasophia3172well said he took himself too seriously and he is actually taking advantage of this “paranoia of persecution”
@@liasophia3172 He is banned from entering the country. All of his Chinese social media got suspended. He already mentioned in one of his video. During one of his world tour years ago, he poke fun at the CCP. He said things such as "Long live President Xi.", "China, good country. Good country.", "Good comrade, good comrade", "Taiwan not real country", "Don't use Huawei phone. They spying on you.", etc. He also anticipated that he would be ban from China and turn out to be true days later.
It's always a good day when you get to hear a new "FUIYOH" on Uncle Roger new weejio
Call Roger I don’t know if you read your comments, but I went to your show. It was great. You are the MSG king not a chef but only complain. Love you so much.