Nigel Ng is a comedian, content creator and restaurateur originally from Malaysia. He’s known for his viral character “Uncle Roger” who roasts celebrity chefs and bad cooking. Nigel joins Theo to talk about some of the big differences between eastern and western cultures, how his viral food content led to him opening a restaurant of his own, and the joke that might have put him on China’s watchlist… Nigel Ng: https://www.instagram.com/mrnigelng/ ------------------------------------------------ Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit https://amzn.to/3HbAtPJ Manscaped: Go to https://manscaped.com and use code THEO to get 15% off your entire order. ESPN+: Go to https://plus.espn.com/theo to buy now and tune-in to UFC 316 on Saturday, June 7 at 10 PM ET. Better Help: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/theo to get 10% off your first month. Rocket Money: Download the Rocket Money app and enter our show name - This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von - in the survey so they know I sent you! ------------------------------------------------- Music: “Shine” by Bishop Gunn Bishop Gunn - Shine “N****s Can Be Gay Too” by YVES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2bkhRBHE2Q ------------------------------------------------ Submit your funny videos, TikToks, questions and topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to: [email protected] Hit the Hotline: 985-664-9503 Video Hotline for Theo Upload here: https://www.theovon.com/fan-upload Send mail to: This Past Weekend 1906 Glen Echo Rd PO Box #159359 Nashville, TN 37215 ------------------------------------------------ Find Theo: Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoVonClips Shorts Channel: https://bit.ly/3ClUj8z ------------------------------------------------ Producer: Zach https://www.instagram.com/zachdpowers Producer: Trevyn https://www.instagram.com/trevyn.s/ Producer: Nick https://www.instagram.com/realnickdavis/ Producer: Andrew https://www.instagram.com/bleachmediaofficial/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are the tour dates for Theo Von?
I've got some tour dates to tell you about. I'll be in Cedar Rapids, St. Paul, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota, Rapid City, South Dakota, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rochester, New York, and Detroit, Michigan, all in June and July. Tickets available now at theovon.com slash T-O-U-R. Thank you so much for your support. Today's guest is a content creator, a restaurateur, and a comedian.
Chapter 2: Who is Nigel Ng and what is Uncle Roger?
He is from Malaysia, and he found his way to the U.K. and America by doing comedy. He's known for his character Uncle Raja, Uncle Raja, a grumpy food critic who roasts celebrity chefs. And with that, he's gained more than 30 million followers. Quite the ride with today's guest. I couldn't be more geeked to get to hang out with Nigel Unger. What's the most of vain Asians you think?
Cause Asians, you don't think, cause people think about Asians a lot, right?
Do they? Do they think about Asians a lot? Oh yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay.
Yeah, why? Why would you think about this a lot? Because I think it's fascinating. Okay, right. Because people can't, some people can't believe it. They see it, they, you show somebody, like you show a baby an Asian or whatever, I think they'd be surprised, kind of.
No, they look the same. Smaller eyes, squintier eyes, that's it, you know?
Oh, that's a good point. Some of them are, I guess if you have a tall baby, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, that sounds fair.
I'm whiter than you. That's a good point. Look at this shit. Yeah. Look at this honky. Look at this fricking sesame cracker. Thank you. That was ridiculous. Thanks for inviting me on here, Theo. Dude, it's a pleasure, man. Thank you so much. But no, what a, Nigel, Nigel? Nigel, Nigel Ung. Nigel. Yes. And how do you say the last name? Ung, Ung, Ung.
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Chapter 3: What cultural differences are discussed between East and West?
It's a Southeast Asian, Malaysian last name. That's where I'm from originally.
Yeah, that's a living, you got a, you're the damn living N word right there. I can't even. I know. It's dangerous, isn't it? It's dangerous. Yeah. Yeah.
It is. Just a few letters away. It's risky, brother.
That's an N-I-G. There's no A in there, thankfully. Yeah, but there's enough there. I think people would be like, what's going on here?
Yeah, there's that Vietnamese. That's a meme of the Vietnamese restaurant. The name of the restaurant is B-I-C-H-N-G-A. Oh, oh. Just pronouncing, just ordering food, huh? Yeah, just call it the Vietnamese. There's one where there's a black guy narrating over it and saying, you can't tell me this is not bitch.
Wow, brother. That's what I'm saying, man. Cafe, but I also like it's cafe. All of the ribs. So this is a popular sound in, and you said you're from Malaysia?
Yeah, yeah. That's not, in Vietnam, it would be NG something. Okay. NGA, NGU, YEN, WIN, right? But in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong, you will see NG.
NG.
Yeah, yeah. It's confusing.
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Chapter 4: How did Nigel Ng's viral success lead to a restaurant?
Oh, shit, really?
Yeah, we went to, what's the capital? Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur, yeah. For what? I just was a student on this thing called Semester at Sea. It's like a floating school. Uh-huh. And one of the stops was over there in Malaysia. So you took a boat, like a boat over there. Like a cruise ship. It's like a, pull it up. That's a long trip, man. Oh, it was a long trip. We left out of Vancouver, Canada.
Yeah. That's how I got here, from the same boat, I think. Oh, really? Yeah, I just crawled onto your boat without a visa. Oh, yeah. Welcome.
That's how most people are getting in, dude.
Semester at sea. We are not the best tourist destination, though, Malaysia. We are like a little tiny little country. We live well there. The quality of life is pretty good, but we're not like a big tourist place.
Yeah, I think it felt like that. I think it felt like the beaches and then kind of what do we do here a little bit.
There's nothing to do there. You just eat and live, live your life.
But are, so don't forget this, are Malaysians the most vain? Who's the most vain?
Koreans, man.
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Chapter 5: What are the stereotypes around Asian vanity?
Yeah, like Korean Koreans, not Bobby Lee Korean. You know, Bobby Lee's, I think he was born here, right?
Bobby Lee? Yeah. There's undeniable that God does not have a birth certificate that's legitimate. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? He probably, he's obviously a POW, you know? He has very POW energy.
That's true. And he has a lot of trauma, I think.
Yeah, he has a lot of burn marks on his back too. Oh, really? Yeah, from cigarettes, I think from gambling issues, but people say different things, you know?
Yeah, but I think Koreans are the vainest Asians, man. They have a whole skincare. They're known for skincare. The whole country is known for skincare and plastic surgery. Oh, really? Yeah. Bring up some of that Asian skincare. There's lots of stuff, man. They put snail, that snail juice, you know, and the snail crawls. It leaves behind like a trail of goo. Yeah. They put that shit on their skin.
No way. Look at that woman. She's like glowing. Look at that.
Oh, they got some porch lamb Asians over there. Yeah, that's why I think they already, some people look dead already because they just are preserved. Yeah. Preserved well. Bring up that snail juice thing. I want to see that. Can we get something about that?
You have to Google snail mucin. M-U-C-I-N.
Yeah.
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Chapter 6: What unique challenges do Asian comedians face?
They look 16. Advanced. Yeah, that kind of thing. Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence. Lightweight essence which absorbs into the skin fast to give skin a natural glow from the inside. This essence is created from nutritious, low-stimulation, filtered snail mucin. to keep your skin moisturized and illuminated all day. Wow. Yeah, it's good marketing writing, right?
Yeah. I don't know how real it is. How do you know it's actually snail mucin? Yeah. You know? It could just be water and sugar and cornstarch.
Oh, yeah. They could have anything in there.
Yeah, they don't do that kind of shit.
I think that's, yeah. That's very Asian right there. No, it's a white woman doing it. Yeah, but we learned it from you guys. I mean, that is cheekbone sashimi. That's true. That's true. We bring a lot to the world. Oh, that's so wild. So that's a real thing that people are buying this. And how much does it go for? Give me how much for a quart of it? Oh, CVS has it. Go get some later. Really?
$24.99. $24.99 for, oh, for 7 1⁄2 ounces, huh? Yeah, you don't need it. You have good skin, man. I'm okay, but, you know, everybody wants to do a little bit more. But how do you even farm it out of them? Do you follow right behind them with a little scooper?
I don't know, man. Maybe they just have a whole cage full of snails. Oh, and maybe it's like the floor has a— And then it just drips down into a bucket or something. Yeah. I haven't thought of this. Forcing snail to release mucin through harsh treatment like dunking them in salt water. No way. That's very mean.
This was probably taught by a lot of the forces in Vietnam. Some of this is illegal. Go back to it. This is considered waterboarding, I think. Snail mucin, a popular skincare ingredient, is collected from live snails through various methods, some more humane than others.
Traditional methods involve forcing snails to release mucin through harsh treatment, like dunking them in salt water or chemicals.
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Chapter 7: What is the significance of family in Malaysian culture?
Many companies now use methods like gentle stimulation or allowing snails to naturally excrete mucin on mesh nets, ensuring their wellbeing. Wow. What's gentle stimulation for a snail, you know? I think just a little... A little fingering action on... Just petting? Petting. Heavy petting? Maybe listening to some... What's a popular Malaysian love musician? We don't really have that.
You can use an American musician. Probably Marvin Gaye, I guess. You can play some Marvin Gaye.
Some Malarvan Gaye. Is that fair? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, if we had some Mellervan Gate. Yeah. And we played that, that would be beautiful. Let's get it on. Yeah. And you're just touching that snail's back.
Yeah, yeah. A few snails, not just one.
Yeah, that's true.
You can't just four play with one snail. Yeah, that's weird. They move too slow. Yeah, yeah. You got to get a little batch. It's like, you know how that chess movie where the one person is playing against 10 chess masters, whereas you against 10 snails. Oh, yeah.
It's almost like one of those, it's like that thing where those things are dropping and you're catching them, you know? Yeah, yeah. I like it. Nigel, good to see you, man. Good to see you too, man. Thank you for all of the entertainment, man.
You definitely... I make too many videos, man. That's the life of a YouTube person, you know?
It is, huh?
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Chapter 8: How did the Malaysian Airlines flight disappearance become a topic?
Moment house. Yeah. Yeah. Is it live performance on moment house or is it, you just tape it, put it up and then there's a premiere.
Yeah. Yeah. Something like that. I think Andrew Schultz did it here. Oh yeah. That kind of thing.
And you started, so were you born in Malaysia? Yeah, yeah.
I was born in Malaysia. And then I went to live there for 20 years of my life. Then I went to university. I went to Northwestern in Illinois near Chicago. Ooh, yeah. Yeah. And then I moved to the UK for a few years, for eight years. And I'm back here in LA.
What are Malaysian, because I don't know a ton about the Malay, right?
Yeah, yeah.
Me neither, really. You don't?
You know, you have so many different races there, you know? In Malaysia? Yeah. There's Chinese Malaysian, which I'm that. Malay Malaysians and Indian Malaysians. And we don't really mix. We're pretty segregated, you know?
Really? Yeah. So there's beef between what type of Malaysian you are?
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