Spade’s Burger (Subang Jaya)

🍔 situation: Bun (Pork patty, cheddar, fried pork fillet, tomato slice, lettuce with smoked mayo) Bun. For the side, get the porkets (homemade pork nugget served with spade’s sauce)

Situated in the bustling area of SS15 Subang Jaya and also the newest competitor to the Subang Jaya burger scene is Spade's Burger. Spade's Burger specializes in Pork burgers but also serve beef, chicken, and non-meat burgers.

For the bacon lover, try the Burger of Steel. It's made up of a pork patty, 4 types of bacon, bacon sauce, cheddar cheese and vegetables. All in between 2 charcoal buns. You can also make it a combo which will come with a side and drink. Personally, I highly recommend the pork nuggets and bacon sauce. The cheese sauce is not bad but I feel it's too heavy for something as rich as pork nuggets.

The burger itself was not very impressive. But that is perhaps I felt it was a little too heavy. The taste of everything else has been overpowered by the bacon and in the end it just feels like eating bread and bacon. The pork patty was super juicy as I tried it on another burger. However, it was totally overshadowed by the powerful flavours of the bacon and was unable to shine through. The buns were not as soft as Burgerlabs and they tasted a little dry.

I might try the Orgashroom next time. But for now it will be quite a while until my next visit.

Verdict: 6/10

Not very well-photographed, but the Dark Knight’s a winner. Doubling down on that fried cheddar crisp is genius, and the bacon bits are easier to bite into (as compared to the Spidey’s bacon strips). Also enjoyed the signature cocktail sauce in the burger — sweet-chilli and mayo with a little heat!

Had this with the beef patty with a beautiful sear on the sides, which I much preferred over the paler pork.

Spades Burger, or what I like to call the Penang equivalent of myBurgerlab, is now open in SS15! Have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of burgers here. Their upside? Pork. Lots of it.

The Spidey features fried bacon strips, fried cheddar, patty (pork, beef or fried chic) and a BBQ-cheese sauce. Nice textures between the fluffy bun, meaty patty and the crispy bacon and cheddar.