Inside YouTuber Uncle Roger’s Dreamy Portugal Wedding

Comedian Nigel Ng, who is popularly known as Uncle Roger, is now a married man after he and Sabrina Ahmed pulled off their four-day wedding festivities in Sintra, Portugal. The celebration, which seemed straight out of a living painting, was rich in every sense, whether it was traditions, detailing or the emotions.

The wedding weekend was held in the hills of Sintra, basing much of its magic around Seteais Palace and other local gems.  The couple described the vision for their wedding as “a love letter to colour.”  The pastel façades of Lisbon and Sintra, the latticework, the tiles—everything conspired to reflect the couple’s relationship. 

The festivities that spanned over three days blended not just one but several cultures, from a Bengali-inspired Sangeet, a Chinese tea ceremony, to a Western-style vow exchange and reception. 

What made the celebrations even more unique was a playful ritual, common in South Asian and Chinese Weddings, where Nigel and his groomsmen challenged that included pushups, and serenading Sabrina with Shania Twain’s You’re Still the One.

Adding a touch of sweetness to the whimsical wedding festivities, the food was one of the highlights of the weekend with Sabrina’s mothers’s Bengali chicken rezala and pulao gracing the Sangeet menu, while Nigel’s signature late-night indulgence—Indomie noodles with fried egg, shallots and chilli crisp—was elevated into a live noodle station for guests.  For dessert mementoes, Portuguese pastel de nata were boxed with Chinoiserie designs and double-happiness motifs. 

According to reports, Sabrina had walked down the aisle to Eyes on Me by Faye Wong, rendered live by a string quartet, which was also her lifelong dream. The couple’s wedding wardrobe was another highlight of the wedding, as they donned multiple looks across the various ceremonies. Sabrina’s Sangeet lehenga was blush floral, while her tea-ceremony qipao was custom-made, and her reception gown was by Vivienne Westwood. 

For the reception, she wore a red Banarasi silk saree that had previously been worn by her mother at her own 1987 wedding in Dhaka.  Nigel, ever the classicist, opted for a Ralph Lauren Purple Label tuxedo, later shifting to Indian and Tang‐style garments that harmonised with Sabrina’s ensembles. Their ensembles were complete with designer jewellery pieces that were couriered to their weddings. The couple’s fittings were staged in Bali, Kuala Lumpur and several other places.

Sabrina and Nigel had first met in November 2022 at one of his comedy shows in Miami, while she was working as corporate counsel for a resort developer. What started as a mutual attraction later turned into something more when the two met again on a dating app. Nigel had asked her to meet in Boston, and coincidentally, their flights both landed at the same terminal at the same time. In April 2024, Nigel proposed to Sabrina in Tokyo’s Inokashira Park, beneath cherry blossoms, fulfilling her dream of a floral proposal.