Fuiyoh, Uncle Roger speaks! Nigel Ng on his alter ego, and his new restaurant


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In person, Ng is very pleasant and well-spoken and doesn’t sound anything like his persona Uncle Roger. — ART CHEN/The Star

Have you ever met someone in real life who was nothing like what you thought they would be? For me, that person is Nigel Ng.

But to be fair to Ng, that’s also because he is better known as his alter-ego Uncle Roger – an archetypal Malaysian Chinese uncle with a penchant for raw, unflinching honesty.

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