The folks at Reddit have a thread where they post suggestions about some of the most overrated food places in Singapore.

However, their suggestions got stolen and duplicated into a list on some website without giving proper credit back to them and even passing it off pretending that it is authoritative, which made the Redditors mad.

That is apparently the main point of this listicle: A bunch of people online made some suggestions anonymously off the top of their heads on Reddit and their ideas got stolen.

So, the following are 17 apparently overrated food places in Singapore where the original suggestions were first made here:

1. Tim Ho Wan

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: Too expensive for okay standards yet people just queue because it is a Michelin restaurant.

2. Lau Pa Sat

Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: Overpriced hawker food for starving CBD types who just want to eat and get back to work. Tourist trap too.

3. Chomp Chomp

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: Good old stalls have moved out. The ones remaining are thriving on reputation.

4. Newton Food Court

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: They mostly sell the same things. Like BBQ seafood. And the touting used to be really, really bad.

5. Saizeriya

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: Food looks like they are dead on arrival.

6. Punggol Nasi Lemak

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: It's just coconut rice and fried side dishes. Underwhelming.

7. Honey Creme

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: It's just soft serve ice cream with cotton candy.

8. Jamie's Italian

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: Not bad and not fantastic. He had entertaining TV specials though.

9. Lola's Cafe

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: The drumlets are nice. Yup, that's it.

10. Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: This guy called Ah Tai is the ex-chef and employee of Tian Tian. Things didn't work out for him, so he opened his own chicken rice stall in Maxwell and his queue is shorter.

11. Rochor Beancurd

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: Not sure which one they referring to in particular, but the words "Rochor" and "Beancurd" sounds like thriving on reputation.

12. Meng's Kitchen minced pork noodles (Upper Thomson Road)

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: Portions are kind of small and too much vinegar. Used to be better a few years ago.

13. Boon Lay Power Nasi Lemak

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: Kind of out of the way for some and the stall owners have changed.

14. Adam Road and Joo Chiat Prawn Noodle

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: No exact reason why, but a cursory online check shows that Adam Road has middling ratings of 3.5 out of 5, while Joo Chiat Prawn Noodles has 4 to 4.5 ratings out of 5.

15. Jalan Kayu Prata

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: Not as awesome as before, sadly, somehow.

16. Llao Llao

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Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: Pronounced as "yao yao". It initially opened for months without fanfare at the basement of Marina Square and then suddenly super long queues started forming overnight that don't really justify the flavour. Too sour and milky as well.

17. Korean fried chicken

Plausible-sounding reason why it sucks: It's just fried food.

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