The Shake Shack Burger

Burger joints galore on our island these days, but Shake Shack- since the day it reached out shores- seems to always make the mark pretty well.

Doesn't mean that the other joints aren't good- McDonalds will always be McDonalds, Burger King will always be Burger King, and we still have Carl's Jr- but there're just days when you don't feel like eating at the millennial, hipster burger joints nor want to go to the food place nearest your house. 

That's where Shake Shack comes in.

They serve a fairly decent burger at reasonable, if not a slightly more premium price.

You'll have to head down to their outlets though. 

Shake Shack's very strategic with their location, by the way.

You won't find them at places where there's little footfall.

Neither will you find them at places where there're no youth, families or working crowds coming to hang out. 

Hence they're at places like Westgate, Great World City, Suntec City, Vivocity and Jewel. 

They're also at Orchard and the old Tiger Balm Building on Neil Road. 

S far I've been to just two. 

The Suntec outlet is very central, very convenient, very working crowd, and so  more lively. 

The Vivo outlet, on the other hand, is more spacious, more romantic, more fun (a little bit), and boasts a most fantastic view.

This is the outlet where you queue in the air-conditioned mall to enter but can decide to sit alfresco for the Keppel sea breeze. 

The burgers that I order here tend to vary, but most of the time it has leaned towards the Angus beef. 

With cheese. 

I don't think I've ever had a burger here at Shake Shack without having it with cheese. 

It's just the way they do it. 

It's so good.

What they do inside the kitchen I don't know, but the cheese sinks deep into the crevices of the patty, letting you savor a warm, delicious mishmash of tender, meat, gooey cheese, grease, between two pieces of soft, bouncy buns in every bite.

Each mouthful simply melts, I tell you. 

Just ignore the grease. :P

We've had burgers with a serving of crisp applewood smoked bacon. 

We've had burgers with a handful of truffle mushrooms and lettuce and truffle mayonnaise slathered about inside.

And we've also had a box of their chicken bites, with a side of their thick crinkle cut cheese fries. 

There're still many things on their menu which I haven't tried. 

Maybe one day I'll go all out and order whatever I want. 

Like their Shrooms burger that's got a crispy fried portobello with three kinds of cheese.

Or their chicken burger that's slathered with buttermilk herb mayo.

Maybe I'll order a milkshake to go along with my burger- I'm eyeing salted caramel.

And maybe I'll have that dessert they call a Concrete- a vanilla custard blended with Mrs Kueh Orange Citrus Sugee Cake that they call a Sugee Boogie.