Nigel Ng: British Chinese Restaurants | Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club 0140am 28.11.23 the basic premise of his work being: all white people look alike.... ..............................................................................................................................................erm wok this way.... err.... saturday night's all right for frying.... wok car -maybe that would be a mobile chip shop....
Nigel, you are so right about these punning Chinese restaurant names! I live in Edinburgh, and there’s a Chinese restaurant near me by the name of “Wok Ness”, with a picture of the Loch Ness Monster disguised as a Chinese dragon 🐉. 🏴 I visited Jerusalem a couple of years ago, and it occurred to me that you could have a Chinese kosher restaurant there (they do exist btw) called the Ho Lee Lan (Holy Land, geddit?)
That phenomenon occurs in the US as well but is regionally dependent. For example, I live in NYC. Here all Chinese restaurants have Mandarin or Cantonese names, most don't even have English characters on their signs. I travel for work occasionally throughout the mainland. There are some hysterical restaurant names in the areas with very few Chinese people. Especially the midwest and south. Some of my favorites that I have seen were No Mo Tofu, Chow and Maine, King of Chongqing, Humpty Dumplings, Kung Food, and my personal all time favorite, Phat Dong. If you were to get take away from Phat Dong, the containers all say "It really fills you up!" on the side. *Edited to correct spelling error
No Asian cuisine is safe from the puns. Worst is the Vietnamese ones with some stupid varient of Pho directed at westerners who don't know the correct pronounciation of Pho
They don't just left us with just old English names, they left us with names so hard to pronounce! I got a friend named Wilfred. He can't pronounce his name. His parents can't pronounce his name either. All day running around Wheel-flayed! Wheel-flayed!
How on Earth do you give your children a name you can't pronounce? At least you do the pronunciation, doesn't matter if the pronunciation is actually right or wrong.
RM SJ SG JH JM KT JK One and the only way I know is this. My parents know how to spell my English name (Edward) but when they pronounce it, it’s (Ehwok) for them. They know it’s wrong, but the point of being inconvenience is far too great to give a damn for them.
@@smaxo9368 he was doing a podcast with fellow comedian Evelyn called ‘rice to meet you’. But that’s on hiatus atm but he’s recently started a new one called haiya I think. Can be found on his UA-cam channel. But not got into that yet!
I love how he chooses topics that have a very bloody and violent history intentionally, presenting them satirically is an art. English school curriculums (from what I remember) gloss over the harsh realities of Colonialism. Comedy is nice way for people to be introduced to the horrors their ancestors committed - you can hear how uncomfortable the laughter was when he made that comment about spices. Although, I agree with a few of the other comments. He really held back this time, I wish he hadn't done that lol
Oh my God..... This is so weird. Lol.... Basil is a very old traditional name. Lol... It's very true what he said. And in the UK, most parents won't name their kids those names any more, but instead, they go for more American names instead. Which is even more weird... Most names are also not Christian names either any more.
"Who is ordering these?" Children. No lie I once went into a Chinese restaurant and saw a woman come in with her two kids, BOTH kids ordered chicken nuggets and chips (fries).
There's a curry house called "Tikka to Ride", a chippie called "Rock and Roe" and a hair dressers called "Curl up & Dye" near me. There's also a 2nd hand record shop in London called "The Vinyl Solution" yet, all these pun-names pale in comparison to the shop in Dublin that exculively sells front door embellishments - "Knobs & Knockers".
@@mochichichi2458 if you listen to his podcasts (Rice to meet you) with Evelyn Mok you'll understand why.... Its like his go to song😅 he uses it as a sound effect.
I feel like British people sometimes laugh out of nervousness when they get roasted by comedians because they want to like laugh at themselves to ease tension, but I think sometimes the nervous laughing causes some jokes to just go r/whoosh which doesn't make them sit and think on it afterwards. Not all the time but sometimes.. Love Nigel's standup, feel like he could have gone even harder on em hahahaha
Another who doesn't understand why generalisations like that sound so childish. Foreign comedians on British stages often pick the same dialogue.. maybe they're laughing out of politeness like when a 5yr old tells you the same joke for the 500th time? There's a reason the Brits have the best comedians in the world, their humour is very diverse.
I think it's because we're so used to hearing the same old shit about us from foreign comedians. Bad teeth, bad food, bad weather. It gets a bit boring after the 10th time some random immigrant pulls it but we're also expected to laugh out of politeness at the unoriginal 'comedy'.
'Uncle Roger' is Nigel Ng's fictional role play. This comedian's real name is Nigel Ng, a Malaysian stand-up comedian who do his stand-up comedies based in UK.
Classism, mostly. The cost of spice came down, so a lit of more common peopke had easy access to it, so utterly destroying your food with indescriminant excess spice ceased to be a sign of wealth (that you could afford to waste it) and just became a sign of foolishness (ruining the food), so after a bit the new "in" thing with rich people was being able to employ the best chefs and attain the Pervect vegetables and cuts of meat, etc, so you'd get a dish that was Just one particular thing to show off how much time and money they put into getting yhe perfect example of That Thing. And, of course, over time this filtered down to the general population. Mitigated by them generally not being crazy people, of course. But you still ended up with the idea that a given dish should be fairly easy to tell what went into a dish, and its quality, when eating it. On top of that, the Interesting food in most countries came about due to peasants having to make do with what was to be had during shortage and famine. England... Basically has never had a famine. Closest they came was rationing during and shortly after the world wars, which was specifically Avoiding such a thing. Closest you get on that front is Eel. Which most people disdained as a food of last resort (because you could catch them all over the place and no one cared overly much), because while you Can make it taste good, you have to actually know what you're doing, and if you don't it ends up tasting awful. The poor didn't always eat Well, but if they starved it wasn't due to shortages or high prices.
Nigel is a great name, especially for a comedy career, it reminds me of the movie Top Secret with Val Kilmer, hilarious! In America that is a sexy name because you don't encounter it often. Please come do stand-up in America!!! There is plenty to make fun of here and we like getting roasted. We have a good sense of humor. We would love you here.
What's worse is surnames become first names like Jackson Tan and Johnson Lee. Aren't there any BBC (British born Chinese) stand up comedians with a Geordie or Cockney accent or the Queen's English with a plum in mouth? They'll do really well in the States.
sadly a lot of talented Malaysian artist can't survive in Malaysia so they have to go overseas which contributes to the issue why Malaysia barely has any famous songs overseas
Uncle Roger’s egg fried rice takeaway must be called “Send Me a MSG”
Underrated comment is underrated
🤣🤣🤣
That’s awesome!
Soooo underrated 😂😂😂😂
« MSG in a bottle »
why does Uncle Roger disguise himself as Nigel Ng to do standup comedy?
I came wondering the same thing!
hahaha it's the other way around!
@@folknarongrit thx -_-
@@folknarongrit r/woooosh
It's his nephew Nigel.
I thought Uncle Roger was really just who he was. Hes still funny, but I'm processing things right now.
Hiyyyaaaa. Nephew Nigel is not so bad.
He is the nephew of Uncle Roger
I understand, I felt the same way about Mr. Miyagi
He created uncle roger persona in response of bbc egg fried rice recipe but people like it so he kees doing it now
This one is better than uncle Roger. I enjoyed all of his videos before people know him as uncle Roger.
He barely lasted 2 minutes, thats why Auntie Helen left.
HAIYYYAAA
He could have lasted longer if they gave him a longer time slot. He deserved more time on stage. He's world famous now !
The problem is not how much time he was given, but that he ends his set in middle of a bit.
If you could last two minutes auntie Helen would’ve stayed
Auntie Helen never existed
"Hard Wok Café" is pretty good. I hope there's a real one.
There's one in Liverpool city centre lol
@@danmccauley80 they have the best fly lice
Lol
I got his point about names in former British colonies. When I was training in Japan, I met a lot of "Wilson"s from HK
Wilson is definitely a popular name here in Hong Kong and we actually considered it a rather modern one.....
Yep. My cousin's name is Wilson.
@@silverstar501 modern cuz it's English that's all 😂
I know a Charlemagne from HK
@@vendock That's some "Old-English-Lets-Free-The-Holy-Land" name
As a Malaysian I am so proud of him. So true about English names. Really like his shows. Great job man! ☺
ok geraldine xD
i feel you geraldine
thanks Gerald
Nigel Ng: British Chinese Restaurants | Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club 0140am 28.11.23 the basic premise of his work being: all white people look alike.... ..............................................................................................................................................erm wok this way.... err.... saturday night's all right for frying.... wok car -maybe that would be a mobile chip shop....
The moment Blackpink's 'How You like that' was played as the BGM LOL
Somehow BlackPink and BTS songs are everywhere now
@@JasperLTZ you forget bang bang bang..
@@Aarthur_Caesar Yeah, that doesn't get played as much as BTS or Blackpink, though... BangBangBang plays more in Korea, I feel.
@@JasperLTZ That's a good thing. :)
Haiyaaaa... So stereotypical....
He went too soft with the audience. I watched his old stand up, he roasted everybody.
he only had 3 minutes, he needed his pre-screened materials, not too much crowd work.
One word snowflakes.
Yea. His Singapore stand-up roasted so hard and that's so freaky brilliant and hilarious XD
He probably got traumatized by roasting a wrong person
True
Nigel, you are so right about these punning Chinese restaurant names! I live in Edinburgh, and there’s a Chinese restaurant near me by the name of “Wok Ness”, with a picture of the Loch Ness Monster disguised as a Chinese dragon 🐉. 🏴 I visited Jerusalem a couple of years ago, and it occurred to me that you could have a Chinese kosher restaurant there (they do exist btw) called the Ho Lee Lan (Holy Land, geddit?)
Wowwww. I like the name ho Lee lan
Haha Wok ness is a good one
much better than WOKENESS
That phenomenon occurs in the US as well but is regionally dependent. For example, I live in NYC. Here all Chinese restaurants have Mandarin or Cantonese names, most don't even have English characters on their signs. I travel for work occasionally throughout the mainland. There are some hysterical restaurant names in the areas with very few Chinese people. Especially the midwest and south. Some of my favorites that I have seen were No Mo Tofu, Chow and Maine, King of Chongqing, Humpty Dumplings, Kung Food, and my personal all time favorite, Phat Dong. If you were to get take away from Phat Dong, the containers all say "It really fills you up!" on the side.
*Edited to correct spelling error
@@ฉานเอง-ฐ4ต I don't think that's actually a name.
I can't think of anything in Chinese that could match the pronunciation
It's like he's from Malaysia, lives in the UK and sounds like he has an American accent all combine into one.. lol
He has American accent? Lol
@@tfimperfectangel he doesn't sound British to me that's for sure..
@@tfimperfectangel early life he moved to the US to study engineer probably why he sounds American..
@@richienomura425 Lot's of non-native English speakers have an American acccent. They learn English watching Friends and Seinfeld :D
he was studying in the states before moving to UK hence the mixture of accents
He talks about British restaurants making Chinese food but that Malaysian chef he interviewed once, making Pasta and Paella was just as funny 😂
I kinda like how Singaporeans and Malaysians have British names tho. It's unique and reflects the multi-ethnic culture of the region.
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"Nigel Ng, ladies and gentlemen. The next comic is someone I'm sure you all know. give applause to Uncle Roger!"
fuiyoh
Thaitanic and Bow Thai were once restaurants in Sydney, Australia.
No Asian cuisine is safe from the puns. Worst is the Vietnamese ones with some stupid varient of Pho directed at westerners who don't know the correct pronounciation of Pho
LOL
Did that first one go under?
There's a Thai Tanic in Belfast which makes a bit more sense than Sydney, because where the Titanic was built. :p
@@jazzycat8917 that's Pho sho 😜
They don't just left us with just old English names, they left us with names so hard to pronounce!
I got a friend named Wilfred. He can't pronounce his name. His parents can't pronounce his name either. All day running around Wheel-flayed! Wheel-flayed!
LOL
How on Earth do you give your children a name you can't pronounce? At least you do the pronunciation, doesn't matter if the pronunciation is actually right or wrong.
@@brightiris like how Elon Musk pronounces his youngest baby's name ? XD
Hilarious if true!
RM SJ SG JH JM KT JK One and the only way I know is this. My parents know how to spell my English name (Edward) but when they pronounce it, it’s (Ehwok) for them.
They know it’s wrong, but the point of being inconvenience is far too great to give a damn for them.
Since I been listening to his podcast. I think Nigel is one of the funniest comedians out there!!
What’s the name of his podcast?
@@smaxo9368 he was doing a podcast with fellow comedian Evelyn called ‘rice to meet you’. But that’s on hiatus atm but he’s recently started a new one called haiya I think. Can be found on his UA-cam channel. But not got into that yet!
Uncle Roger must be proud of him. Nigel will grow up to be a great comedians, just like his uncle
I love how he chooses topics that have a very bloody and violent history intentionally, presenting them satirically is an art. English school curriculums (from what I remember) gloss over the harsh realities of Colonialism. Comedy is nice way for people to be introduced to the horrors their ancestors committed - you can hear how uncomfortable the laughter was when he made that comment about spices. Although, I agree with a few of the other comments. He really held back this time, I wish he hadn't done that lol
Harsh realities of colonialism? Try telling that to Hong Kong
@4th Chairman he didn't even mention any brutalities of colonialism, he literally just mentioned colonialism and people were uncomfortable
they dont gloss over it
He’s like Graham Fellows. A very funny man who, as with John Shuttleworth, will always be overshadowed by his awesome comedy character.
"rice to meet you...." LOOOOOOL
Rice to meat you.
Hahahahahahha that’s the name of his podcast isn’t it ??? 😭
its not that funny imo but ok
@@christineh6856 lol that sounds ur about to kill me with a chopsticks
as an asian harold I feel called out
As a malaysian with a completely white name... well i dont know what other name i would like so im happy with what i have
The lack of of spices does it for me
At least in this one he's not just doing all the jokes he does as Uncle Roger but in standup format.
Ah that was too short, good stuff Nigel! From Gary
Pretty sure it's from Steve. He told me it was.
Singaporean Basil here mate LOL
james from australia living in finland. :( this is no joke.
@Justin Trudeau former British colonies...
@Justin Trudeau you lack spice bruh.
Oh my God..... This is so weird. Lol.... Basil is a very old traditional name. Lol... It's very true what he said. And in the UK, most parents won't name their kids those names any more, but instead, they go for more American names instead. Which is even more weird... Most names are also not Christian names either any more.
Lmao
A bit safe, seems like he’s holding back.
He only had 3 minutes, so he didn't get nearly as much time as on other stand up shows. He probably would have roasted harder with more time, I think.
Ya, maximum funny in short time. 3 Minutes, la.
I seen Nigel in dublin live and he tore us irish a new one when it came to our irish "chinese" food
Nicely done Nigel!
From one Ng to another this one hit the spot for me 😂
And you also have a nice Anglo first name just like Nigel😄
*Ricely
If NGL is not gonna lie, NG is just not gonna?
I remember seeing this and hearing BlackPink, so I watched this segment and loved it.😂😅 Nigel Ng is now my favourite comedian.😂😅
Nigel/uncle Rodger is an original love his humour
As a Canadian of Asian descent, this makes me feel funky.
imagine being that dj though, presses play to one track all night at the start and end of a comedians set ... rip
He is so so funny. Does he have any other performances that I can watch?
He has his own UA-cam channel m.ua-cam.com/users/nigelscomedythings
C Kwok nice thanks
He does! Check it.
the names, the names is cracking me up! the old British butler names…
Wait...butler names...it kinda makes sense...
I’ve met quite a few Asian _Walters._ 😳
Lol
He needs to do some 'uncle roger' stand up.
Nigel is top notch!
as malaysian ,I recognize his eng-chinese slang same as malaysian engchinese slang at couple of second of his weijo
2:30 ... my dad's name is Walter Francis, my mom is Agnes, my brother Abraham, sister Abagail and me Amos... Family full of English names
Damn those are old school british names.
I’m so hype there’s finally a funny new standup
"Who is ordering these?"
Children.
No lie I once went into a Chinese restaurant and saw a woman come in with her two kids, BOTH kids ordered chicken nuggets and chips (fries).
Hard Wok Café! LOL - Rice meeting you all!
lmao i knew this was going to go hard when he said all he wanted to do was just drink tap water
Nigel is easily one of the best modern comedians 🙌
This comment is easily one of the best joke.
@@distinctloafer Everyone else seems to disagree
@@distinctloafer They had likes on their comment, unlike you; Bye Felicia!
uhh
Is this a joke? Hes a nobody in comedy
There's a curry house called "Tikka to Ride", a chippie called "Rock and Roe" and a hair dressers called "Curl up & Dye" near me. There's also a 2nd hand record shop in London called "The Vinyl Solution" yet, all these pun-names pale in comparison to the shop in Dublin that exculively sells front door embellishments - "Knobs & Knockers".
Ya'll literally had the chance to play Feel Special by TWICE when he walked in and didn't 💀🤯😂😂
Why would you want to play that when you can have Blackpink?
@@mochichichi2458 if you listen to his podcasts (Rice to meet you) with Evelyn Mok you'll understand why.... Its like his go to song😅 he uses it as a sound effect.
@@mochichichi2458 Please don't get me wrong, I love Blackpink as well. I was just referencing to his podcast.
He is funny. Love uncle roger
Appreciating the black Pink intro ♥️🤗
How You Like That?
For someone who stayed in Singapore for eight years I can totally relate to this!
OMG Did Nigel Ng confuse everyone by his successful fictional character called 'Uncle Roger'? XD
All this time I thought Nigel doing uncle roger was his actual accent woww
So excited to see him now .. love uncle roger mostly though
He’s good!
And so true, I was at college with a couple of Chinese lads, Eric and Dennis! 😂
There is actually a "Naanstop" in London, and I recall seeing a "Naansense" in Chicago.
"Naan of your business" xD
I feel like British people sometimes laugh out of nervousness when they get roasted by comedians because they want to like laugh at themselves to ease tension, but I think sometimes the nervous laughing causes some jokes to just go r/whoosh which doesn't make them sit and think on it afterwards. Not all the time but sometimes.. Love Nigel's standup, feel like he could have gone even harder on em hahahaha
Another who doesn't understand why generalisations like that sound so childish.
Foreign comedians on British stages often pick the same dialogue.. maybe they're laughing out of politeness like when a 5yr old tells you the same joke for the 500th time? There's a reason the Brits have the best comedians in the world, their humour is very diverse.
I think it's because we're so used to hearing the same old shit about us from foreign comedians. Bad teeth, bad food, bad weather. It gets a bit boring after the 10th time some random immigrant pulls it but we're also expected to laugh out of politeness at the unoriginal 'comedy'.
lol they called him nigel ong and then proceeded to play blackpink as his bgm
Blackpink are pretty popular at the moment with the new album out 🤷♀️
Its nephew Nigel!
Naan of your business. Love it.
Wow, uncle roger does a really good American accent 😆
As soon as he talks, I can tell he's Malaysia
He looks like Uncle Roger, but the voice is different.
Lmao HE IS UNCLE ROGER himself 😂
Nahhh he’s just another Asian dude who looks exactly like Uncle Roger cuz Asians look the same 🙄
@@wish9817 He is a cousin of uncle roger
Hayaaaa !
'Uncle Roger' is Nigel Ng's fictional role play. This comedian's real name is Nigel Ng, a Malaysian stand-up comedian who do his stand-up comedies based in UK.
Nigel! Awesome! More bookings soon! More Bookings!
WOK 'N' ROLL!!!
Very funny and straight to the point!
The beauty of British women and the quality of their cuisine made the British the best sailors in the world.
We also have some Mcbryan’s and Mcdonald’s which names doesnt rhyme with our looks! 😂
Like that one
"Rice to meet you"
😂😂😂 0:52
I did not expect to hear blackpink when I clicked on this video
Basil Wang?
nonono no basil on the wang...
sounds like it would sting...
Ouch! That's how you get fired from any restaurant.
Uncle Roger !!! Hai Ya so funny lah !!
more like walaweh or fuiyoh lol
malaysian walks in, plays korean song
his malaysian stand up was amazing i was dead at the end
Dude, we had a spot called, "Naan of the above" Indian cuisine
Basil Wang 😂😂😂
Chinese restaurants have great chips!
And great hot dogs i heard!
@@illyrusemperor9278 those really are the dogs bollocks
@@5H4K490 AYYYYY lmao
@@illyrusemperor9278dont lie....ikea services horse meat though
My theory is that Chinese restaurants serve great fried food because they use lard.
Hilarious. Immediate subscribe!!❤️
Oh no it was too short haha I was hoping it would be longer lol
Nephew Nigel is killin' it.
2:07 I mean for real tho, what happened with the spices?
I think it was just an excuse they make to colonize other countries... They didn't really need the spices
@@revoltin85 yeah its the waman they need
They were more interested in the spice "trade" not the spice
Classism, mostly. The cost of spice came down, so a lit of more common peopke had easy access to it, so utterly destroying your food with indescriminant excess spice ceased to be a sign of wealth (that you could afford to waste it) and just became a sign of foolishness (ruining the food), so after a bit the new "in" thing with rich people was being able to employ the best chefs and attain the Pervect vegetables and cuts of meat, etc, so you'd get a dish that was Just one particular thing to show off how much time and money they put into getting yhe perfect example of That Thing. And, of course, over time this filtered down to the general population. Mitigated by them generally not being crazy people, of course.
But you still ended up with the idea that a given dish should be fairly easy to tell what went into a dish, and its quality, when eating it.
On top of that, the Interesting food in most countries came about due to peasants having to make do with what was to be had during shortage and famine. England... Basically has never had a famine. Closest they came was rationing during and shortly after the world wars, which was specifically Avoiding such a thing. Closest you get on that front is Eel. Which most people disdained as a food of last resort (because you could catch them all over the place and no one cared overly much), because while you Can make it taste good, you have to actually know what you're doing, and if you don't it ends up tasting awful. The poor didn't always eat Well, but if they starved it wasn't due to shortages or high prices.
@@laurencefraser that is very interesting!
He needs to be on the next Taskmaster!
Nigel is a great name, especially for a comedy career, it reminds me of the movie Top Secret with Val Kilmer, hilarious! In America that is a sexy name because you don't encounter it often. Please come do stand-up in America!!! There is plenty to make fun of here and we like getting roasted. We have a good sense of humor. We would love you here.
Uncle Roger is a legendary character
What's worse is surnames become first names like Jackson Tan and Johnson Lee. Aren't there any BBC (British born Chinese) stand up comedians with a Geordie or Cockney accent or the Queen's English with a plum in mouth? They'll do really well in the States.
The names thing… lol. That’s why I named my shih tzu puppy Stanley. 🤣
Uncle Roger!!! Aiyyaahhhh!😂😂😂
wonderfully funny!!
Same with old Russian names here in Yakutia 😁
Khristofor, Luka, Fedot, Iakov, Matvei, Praskovya, Matrena, Fekla, Akulina etc
More !
😄😄😄😄 LOOOLLLL!! The crowed was tough though!!
We have a Vietnamese place here called Pho King.
Omg my whole world has been shattered....
"Rice to meet you" nice podcast name drop there 🤔 go check out his podcast its mint
Love it 😂
Haha still cant believe this is Nigel Ng comedy pre uncle roger era
He's a philosopher afterall
I love how he’s Malaysian and they put a Korean song
sadly a lot of talented Malaysian artist can't survive in Malaysia so they have to go overseas
which contributes to the issue why Malaysia barely has any famous songs overseas
I almost believe Uncle Roger can speak perfect English. It's pretty close.
i live in western USA and pho places all have puns in their name 😅 like “what the pho” and “pho king noodle”