Nigel Ng AKA Uncle Roger on MSG and the best egg fried rice

The Good Food podcast

What happens when a data scientist quits his job, loses everything to COVID and accidentally becomes one of the biggest food creators on the internet? In this episode, Samuel Goldsmith sits down with Nigel Ng, the man behind Uncle Roger, to talk about his journey from broke comedian microwaving £3 curries to opening restaurants and publishing his debut cookbook. Nigel shares how a lockdown reaction video turned into a global phenomenon, why MSG is the most misunderstood ingredient in your kitchen and what it took to import an $80 flower from Ecuador for a single recipe.

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