A BBC cook's 'upsetting' rice recipe is stirring controversy online

A BBC cook's 'upsetting' rice recipe is stirring controversy online

A woman’s rice-cooking method has the internet — and even a few celebrities — up in arms.The controversy comes courtesy of Nigel Ng, a Malaysian comedian with a popular YouTube channel.Ng shared a video in early July, in which he reacted to a BBC Food video of a woman cooking egg fried rice.Portraying a comedic character named Uncle Roger, Ng freaks out while watching BBC Food presenter Hersha Patel cook the recipe.Particularly, he criticizes her decision to “drain” the rice after it’s done cooking.“What is she doing?

Oh my god.

You’re killing me, woman.

Drain the — she’s draining rice with [a] colander!

How can you drain rice with [a] colander?

This is not pasta!”.Pushing Ng further, Patel proceeds to “wash” the rice after she’s strained it.Asian American comic Jenny Yang shared a snippet of Ng’s clip on Twitter, and it quickly went viral.Her post, which calls the BBC Food video the “death of rice cooking,” has since received more than 110,000 retweets