Cursed BBC Food Rice Video
Submission 15,004
Part of a series on Nigel Ng / Uncle Roger. [View Related Entries]
Overview
Cursed BBC Food Cooking Rice refers to a BBC Food video teaching people how to cook egg fried rice. However, the method they displayed for cooking rice method was considered incorrect, particularly among the Asian community. The video was widely mocked, particularly after comedian Nigel Ng reacted to the video.
Background
On April 25th, 2019, BBC Food uploaded video on how to make Egg Fried Rice, hosted by Hersha Patel, on their website[1] and Facebook[2] page. As a starter, she cooked the rice first. However, she did not wash the rice first. After several minutes, she drained and rinsed the rice with tap water. The video received more than 14,000 reactions and 10,000 shares (shown below).
Developments
On July 8th, 2020 UK-based Malaysian Comedian Nigel Ng uploaded his reaction to mrnigelng YouTube[3] channel. In the video, he uses his Uncle Roger persona to comment on Patel's cooking rice method. The video received more than 3.6 million views (shown below).
On July 23rd, 2020 Facebook[4] user Wai Lester reposted the video and cropped it to only focus on Nigel's reaction about Patel's cooking rice method. The post received more than 173,000 reactions and 192,000 shares (shown below).
On the next day, artist Lam Chop uploaded a webcomic to their Facebook[5] page about Asian countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, etc uniting against the BBC due to their poor rice cooking. The post received more than 10,000 reactions and 19,000 shares (shown below).
Clarification
On July 25th, 2020, Hersa Patel posted a video to her Twitter[6]in which she met Nigel for a discussion about her video. In the video, she admitted she was "trolled" by BBC Food crew because she just following the egg fried rice recipe, while she also knew how to cook rice. She also said wanted to make collaboration video with Nigel about cooking rice properly. The tweet received more than 6,500 likes and 2,100 retweets (shown below).
On the same day, Nigel on his Twitter[7] retweeted @hershapatel1's video. In the video, he tells everyone to not harass Patel too much. The tweet received more than 4,700 likes and 1,300 retweets and comments (shown below).
Publications including Nextshark[8], Inquirer[9], Mothership[10], Malay Mail[11] and VICE[12] published articles about the controversial rice video.
Collaboration With Uncle Roger
On August 9th, 2020, YouTube[13] user mrnigelng uploaded livestreaming of him with Hersha Patel cooking Egg Fried Rice. The video received more than 2 million views in one day (shown below).
Search Interest
External References
[1] BBC Food – Egg-fried rice
[3] YouTube – Uncle Roger DISGUSTED by this Egg Fried Rice Video
[4] Facebook – Wai Lester
[6] Twitter – @hershapatel1
[7] Twitter – @MrNigelNg
[8] Nextshark – BBC Host Cooks Unwashed Rice, Rinses AFTER With Tap Water and Asians Everywhere Are Screaming
[9] Inquirer – Malaysian comedian Uncle Roger meets with BBC host over ‘crimes against rice’
[10] Mothership – M'sian comedian Uncle Roger meets BBC host in real life after mocking her rice-cooking method
[11] Malay Mail – UK-based Malaysian comedian roasts BBC Food host for cooking rice wrongly in fried rice tutorial
[12] VICE – Asians Are Shook by This BBC Host Who Washed Cooked Rice With Tap Water
[13] YouTube – Uncle Roger Meet Egg Fried Rice Lady
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