Co Chung Menu Card

Two menus, one visit. On the table you get a tabloid-size printed menu to flip through, and on your phone you get the ordering screen after scanning the QR code. The printed card is the browsing copy, the app is where the money moves. Diners at the Boat Quay outlet describe exactly this setup: printed menu provided, order and payment done through the QR code and app. It sounds fussy, but it is fast once you have done it once, and it means the kitchen gets your order the second you confirm it.

The codes are the part worth learning. Every dish has one, and the staff use them too, so “D01” gets you further than pointing at a line of text. If you are with a group, codes make splitting the bill simple: everyone reads their own code off their phone screen. The add-on screen is the one people miss. After you add a dish to the cart, the app offers paid extras, extra meat, extra noodles, extra soup. Decide there, because once the order is in, it is in.

The card prices are honest but not final. They are quoted before the 10% service charge and GST, so the number you see is not the number you pay. That is standard for mid-range Singapore restaurants, but it is worth knowing before you budget. Here is what the card shows for the anchor dishes, verified across diner reports from 2025:

One caveat on the $3.20 and $4.26 figures: they come from an aggregator page rather than a dated diner receipt, so treat them as indicative. Everything else above is backed by multiple diner reports from 2025 and the EatTravelShiok review of October 2023, which listed D01 at S$12.50, E04 at S$12.50, G04 at S$7.80 and the cold egg coffee at S$8.96. An older 2021 review quoted cheaper figures, pho bo at S$8.90 then, which shows the direction prices have moved. The card you get today will not match 2021.

The card is organized by region and course, which is genuinely useful. Vietnamese food is regional, and the card respects that. The Northern Vietnam section is the soul of the place: pho, bun cha, crab paste vermicelli soup, cha ca la vong. The rest of the card fills in the familiar hits.

The beverage section deserves a second look. Most people stop at the milk coffee and move on, but the card runs from S$3.80 homemade lemongrass water all the way to S$12.50 durian coffee. The egg coffee at S$8.96 and the avocado coffee at S$9.50 sit in the middle and are the ones regulars actually recommend. Desserts are the sleeper section: the caramel flan at S$4.96 is the cheapest proper dessert, and the ba ba sago at S$5.96 is the one to order if you want something you have not had before.

The process is simple once you have seen it. Sit down, find the QR code on the table, scan it, and the menu opens in your phone browser or app. Browse by section or search the dish code, add items to the cart, and watch for the add-on screen after each dish, this is where extra meat, noodles or soup appear as paid options. Confirm, pay online, and the kitchen starts. Staff bring a chit or clear the printed menus once the order is in. The whole thing takes a couple of minutes.

Two practical notes. First, the restaurant gets crowded at lunch and dinner, and popular dishes sell out, so arriving around 11:30am is the move if you want the full card available. Second, neither outlet takes reservations at Plaza Singapura, so the QR ordering is also your queue management: order fast, eat, and the table turns. It is efficient, if not exactly leisurely.