SINGAPORE: A foreigner has come under fire online after saying a chicken rice dish she tried in Singapore was nowhere near as good as the version she regularly eats in the United States.

In a post shared in the Complaint Singapore Facebook group on Thursday (Oct 1), she uploaded a photo of her meal, which consisted of chicken rice served with several slices of cucumber and chilli sauce.

Calling it a “very disappointing meal,” she said the chicken rice she eats back in the US was “100 times better and more flavorful.”

“This was bland, and there was barely any chicken and mostly rice,” she wrote. “I thought this would be so much better in Singapore, but I was mistaken.”

‘Try comparing chicken rice from established brands’

With chicken rice being such a staple in Singapore, her post quickly drew criticism from some locals.

Several commenters questioned why she had chosen to compare the dish so harshly with the version she was accustomed to in the US.

“Then go back to the US and eat your chicken rice. Stop complaining here,” one person wrote.

Another insisted that Singapore's chicken rice was superior, adding that the poster may simply have “went to the wrong stall.”

A third commenter was more sceptical of her claim that the American version was “100 times better,” writing: “I believe it looks like a disappointing meal, but I ...