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Nick DiGiovanni

I Cooked Against Uncle Roger

21 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the cooking challenge between Uncle Roger and Chef Nick?

0.031 - 13.308 Nick DiGiovanni

Today, I'll be competing against Uncle Roger. We'll be cooking each other's most famous hometown dishes. The challenge will be judged by the toughest chef on the internet, Chef Rush. The stakes are high. If I lose, Uncle Roger will take away my Uncle title.

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Chapter 2: What famous dishes are they preparing for the competition?

13.328 - 16.072 Uncle Roger

If Uncle Roger lose, I won't have MSG for one week.

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Chapter 3: Who is judging the cooking challenge and what are the stakes?

17.314 - 23.642 Chef Rush

Chef Nick, Uncle Roger, you have 30 minutes to prepare the dish of your dreams, and your time starts now.

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24.382 - 25.224 Uncle Roger

Lobster!

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25.364 - 39.718 Nick DiGiovanni

So what's happened here is Uncle Roger's giving me everything I need to make one of his favorite home-found dishes. I've done the same, giving him all the ingredients he needs to make a lobster roll. Ah, New England lobster roll. Nice. Uncle Roger's... Char Kuey Teow.

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39.938 - 48.236 Uncle Roger

Yeah, Char Kuey Teow, not bad. The pronunciation, not bad. This is exactly, this is the first time a white guy ever made Char Kuey Teow on YouTube. Historic moment.

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48.256 - 54.95 Nick DiGiovanni

Okay, so this here is basically the Malaysian version of Pad Thai, so I'm not shooting completely in the dark here, but I have never tasted nor made this dish.

55.07 - 61.889 Uncle Roger

Gonna treat Lobster like my ex-wife. Okay, Lobster, thank you for your service. And now eat that. What is this?

62.229 - 73.707 Nick DiGiovanni

That Chinese sausage. It smells very strong. I'll just slice on a nice angle like this. Now that my sausages are prepped out, I want to start cooking my cockles. These are beautiful small clams from New Zealand.

73.907 - 89.283 Uncle Roger

That hard to get ingredient. Good job. It's been five minutes and no cooking yet. Relax, Chef Rush. Cooking about preparation. You don't want premature cooking. You know what I mean? Okay, now the water boiling. Gonna put lobster in there, put lid back on, steam for maybe six to eight minutes.

89.343 - 91.428 Nick DiGiovanni

Six to eight minutes doesn't sound like enough time to me.

Chapter 4: What ingredients are used in Uncle Roger's Char Kuey Teow?

91.508 - 93.032 Uncle Roger

Steam for 10 minutes.

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93.012 - 99.463 Nick DiGiovanni

These cockles are going to cook very quickly, so I don't want to fully cook them through now. I just want them to begin to open up, and I'll finish cooking them in the wok.

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99.683 - 102.187 Uncle Roger

While lobster cooking, we're going to make the brown butter.

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102.307 - 107.676 Nick DiGiovanni

The brown butter is a very difficult part of this lobster roll recipe, and one that I'm wondering whether or not Uncle Roger will struggle with.

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107.696 - 124.222 Uncle Roger

I know he's an uncle, but making brown butter takes precision. Brown butter, just been buttered that brown. Very easy. Put a bit of MSG in there. Put some milk powder in there. 10 minutes down. You need to hurry up. 20 minutes left. Don't worry, Chef Rush. This lobster roll I made, I'm going to put protein powder in there. Your favorite.

124.462 - 125.363 Chef Rush

You got 20 minutes left.

125.544 - 129.629 Nick DiGiovanni

My cockles have already opened up, so I'm going to take these off the heat right now. We'll finish cooking them later.

129.77 - 140.805 Unknown

Let's check in on Uncle Roger's lobster. The one thing I'll say is he's put way too much water in the pot, and the lobster is not looking good. He also left the rubber bands on, which is going to give terrible flavor to the lobster roll.

141.629 - 147.795 Uncle Roger

What you doing? You left the bands. Oh sh**. The lobster gonna taste like rubber. Uncle Roger really f***ed up this time.

Chapter 5: How does Chef Nick prepare the lobster for his dish?

176.693 - 192.014 Uncle Roger

The lobster gonna taste horrible. Sorry, Uncle Nick. This is the most famous dish from all of New England. You have to do it properly. The New England ancestor crying. Oh no, Uncle Nick, do you have another lobster? What? This one overcooked. No, it's not. What? That's not done. How you tell?

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192.034 - 197.122 Nick DiGiovanni

When it's all the way nice and red, like this color here, the kind of lighter red color, then it's done.

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197.262 - 201.808 Uncle Roger

But you want to leave it slightly undercooked because you're gonna cook a bit longer in brown butter.

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201.788 - 202.709 Nick DiGiovanni

No.

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202.73 - 204.452 Uncle Roger

No? Okay. A little bit more.

204.472 - 213.327 Nick DiGiovanni

I've already salted my water, but I also want to add just a touch of MSG into that just to give that some nice extra Uncle Roger inspired flavor. Good, good. I'm going to take these noodles out and rest them here.

Chapter 6: What techniques are discussed for making brown butter?

213.747 - 217.113 Nick DiGiovanni

Uncle Roger, what do you think of my method of cooking both noodles in one?

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219.056 - 222.982 Uncle Roger

I think that noodle overcooked. I think so too. We all f***ed up today. Okay.

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223.002 - 230.153 Nick DiGiovanni

I'm going to cook these rice noodles for the second time. This time I need to wash more carefully. I will say the lobster actually looks pretty well cooked. Ah, thank you, thank you.

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230.253 - 231.054 Chef Rush

Good job, good job.

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231.074 - 231.695 Uncle Roger

Trial and error.

231.715 - 236.802 Chef Rush

15 minutes down, 15 minutes to go. This better be perfect. This is the scariest judge ever.

237.043 - 242.831 Nick DiGiovanni

Ooh, . I've got ice bath, ice bath. And speaking of ice bath, I'll rinse them under cold water now to stop the cooking process.

242.991 - 262.778 Uncle Roger

Uncle Nick keep copying me. Hurry up. Uncle Roger gonna be slow on purpose, so Nick overcook his noodle. I'm not cooking these noodles again, sabotage. Stop the touch. Twist out lobster claw. Pull and twist. And remember, this is lobster . You always have to take it out. This lobster full of . It's a female lobster, those are eggs. Those are eggs? Oh, okay.

262.938 - 274.033 Uncle Roger

Don't matter, you don't want to eat egg anyway, you know? My favorite part. What? Let's see if Uncle Roger remember how to do this. How you open the claw, you make it look so easy. Stand back.

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