Uncle Roger and Auntie Esther reunite over kimchi and sambal

Esther Choi joins Nigel Ng for Korean-Malaysian fusion fried rice in his only new upload of the week.

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Uncle Roger Miss Auntie Esther @choibites

Heating belacan gets an immediate response from Esther Choi: "It smells like your feet." Uncle Roger has barely started cooking, and the reunion already has its rhythm.

"Uncle Roger Miss Auntie Esther @choibites" brings Nigel Ng's comedy character back alongside the chef for a Korean-Malaysian fried rice collaboration. Esther supplies homemade kimchi, butter and diced Spam; Roger prepares sambal belacan. Cold rice brings the two recipes together, with sesame oil, scallions and fried eggs finishing the dish.

The flirting is part of the comedy, but the kitchen equipment gets its own subplot in the comments. Viewers point out the mortar and pestle sitting directly on a glass induction cooktop, with one noting the eventual arrival of a cloth underneath. Others remember the pair's earlier collaborations and welcome another outing together.

The upload has reached roughly 1.7 million views and is the channel's busiest video right now. Behind it, the Nick DiGiovanni Korean fried chicken review and Roger's torch ginger ingredient hunt are drawing almost identical daily audiences. The new collaboration changes the menu without taking fried rice very far from the center of things.

Subscribers grew by about 100,000 over the week, even as daily viewing is running well below its usual level. Among nearby food channels, Max the Meat Guy had a particularly busy week, while mrnigelng's weekly views were close to Bobby Parrish's.

For a channel whose description says "Not a chef, I just complain," this week's sole upload finds room for both: a finished fusion dish and a running critique of Esther's technique.

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The videos drawing views on mrnigelng right now

Uncle Roger Review Nick DiGiovanni Korean Fried Chicken4,079,303 views I'll pay you $1,000 if you find me this ingredient3,155,532 views

The numbers

Here is how mrnigelng's week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Max the Meat Guy

22,836,208

Mark Wiens

10,379,221

Joshua Weissman

9,703,408

Bobby Parrish

6,882,785

mrnigelng

6,847,924

Best Ever Food Review Show

5,566,682

Binging with Babish

4,166,892

So Yummy

1,467,272

subscribers

10,800,000

▲ 100,000 in the last 7 days

total views

2,216,413,510

views per day

527,835

typical day: 1,344,847

first-day views of each video posted this week

Uncle Roger Miss Auntie Esther @choibit…

976,911

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Best Ever Food Review Show

12,200,000

Mark Wiens

12,000,000

Bobby Parrish

10,900,000

mrnigelng

10,800,000

Joshua Weissman

10,800,000

Binging with Babish

10,500,000

Max the Meat Guy

10,300,000

So Yummy

10,000,000

Patrick Zeinali

9,540,000

As of October 29, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.