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Chow Darwin City Current Lunch Menu

Chow Darwin’s Lunch Menu highlights the best of South Vietnamese cuisine using fresh, local ingredients. Enjoy our popular Banh Mi with its perfect balance of crunch and freshness, steaming bowls of aromatic Pho, and our multi-award-winning Laksa – three-time winner of the prestigious Gold Bowl at the Darwin International Laksa Festival and now proudly in the Hall of Fame

CHOW! Lunch Menu

Bánh Mì

Traditional Vietnamese baguette with traditional pâté, mayonnaise, daikon and carrot pickle, cucumber, hoisin, local coriander and shallots.

Choose from:

  • Traditional Pork

  • Crispy Pork

  • Char-Grilled Chicken

  • Marinated Beef

  • Vegetarian

Make it a Meal

  • Spring Rolls

  • Fries

Extra Options

  • Sriracha Mayo

  • Tomato Sauce

  • Soy Sauce

  • Hoisin Sauce

  • Extra Meat

  • Fried Egg

  • Fresh Chilli

  • Baby Laksa

  • Vegan Baby Laksa

  • Baby Pho

  • Iced Tea

  • Iced Coffee

  • Coconut Crushie

Pho

The soup that feeds a nation. Delicate yet complex, our beef broth is cooked for eight hours.

Choose from:

  • Tender Beef Pho

  • Shredded Chicken Pho

  • Vegetable Pho

  • CHOW!'s Special Pho (Brisket, rare beef, beef tendon and beef ball)

Laksa

Many a mile is travelled in Darwin for a great Laksa.

Traditional Malay curry noodle soup with yellow noodles, rice noodles, tofu puffs, spring onions, bean sprouts and crispy shallots.

Can be made Gluten Free.

Choose from:

  • Chicken

  • Chicken & Prawn

  • Duck

  • Vegetable

  • Vegan

  • Seafood (Prawn, scallop, calamari, threadfin salmon and mussels)

Other Soups

Braised Beef Noodle Soup

Rice noodles with bean sprouts, onion, carrot and fresh herbs.

Egg Noodle Soup

Chicken broth with silky egg noodles, homemade chicken wontons and BBQ pork.

Served wet or dry.

Spring Rolls

Four crispy spring rolls served with fresh lettuce for wrapping and traditional nuoc cham dipping sauce.

Traditional

Pork, prawn, vermicelli, carrot, taro and black mushroom.

Vegetarian

Sautéed vegetables wrapped in delicate pastry.

Beef

Minced beef with onion, lemongrass, carrot and vermicelli.

Rice Paper Rolls

Two fresh rice paper rolls with cucumber, basil, vermicelli noodles, fresh herbs and hoisin peanut dipping sauce.

Can be made Gluten Free.

Choose from:

  • Pork (BBQ Pork)

  • Saigon Summer Roll (Pork & Prawn)

  • Chicken (Lemongrass Chicken)

  • Vegetarian (Tofu, mushroom and carrot)

Bun Vermicelli Bowls

Soft vermicelli rice noodles with cabbage pickle, cucumber, lettuce, local sprouts, peanuts, herbs, scallions and nuoc cham.

Choose from:

  • Char-Grilled Pork Balls (Gluten Free)

  • Wok Tossed Beef

  • Grilled Lemongrass Chicken

  • Crispy Spring Rolls (Can be made Vegan)

  • Combination Pork Balls & Spring Rolls

  • Full Bowl (Pork Balls, Beef & Chicken)

Asian Salads

Shredded Chicken Salad

Shredded cabbage, carrot, mint, peanuts and prawn crackers.

Can be made Gluten Free.

Green Paw Paw Salad

Pork and prawn with carrot, roasted crushed peanuts and prawn crackers.

Can be made Gluten Free.

Vegetarian Salad

Tofu puffs, shredded cabbage, carrot, mint, nuts and herbs.

Can be made Vegan.

Fried Rice

Nasi Goreng

Traditional Malay spicy fried rice with shrimp, vegetables, sambal, fried egg, tomato and cucumber.

Gluten Free.

CHOW! Special Fried Rice

Shrimp, lup cheong sausage, BBQ pork, tomato and cucumber.

Extras

  • Fresh Chopped Chilli

  • Fried Egg

  • Homemade Wontons

  • Vegetables

  • Chicken, Beef or Tofu

  • Prawns

  • Baby Laksa or Vegan Laksa

  • Baby Pho Broth

  • Bowl of Fries

  • Side of Fries

  • Steamed Jasmine Rice

Plates

Bun Cha

Grilled marinated pork served with fresh herbs, pickles and a generous serve of rice vermicelli.

Optional traditional spring rolls available.

Vietnamese Savoury Crepe (Gluten Free)

A crispy Vietnamese pancake filled with pork mince, prawns and bean sprouts, served with lettuce cups, fresh herbs and pickled vegetables.

Vegetarian option available with tofu, carrot, bean sprouts and mushrooms.

Pad Thai

Rice noodles with chicken, prawns, bean sprouts, egg, garlic, chives and roasted peanuts.

Vegetarian option available with tofu, broccoli, carrot, celery and cabbage.

Can be made vegan.

Vietnamese Braised Beef (Bo Kho)

Fork-tender braised beef shank in a fragrant broth of spices, lemongrass, tomato and carrot.

Served with a Vietnamese baguette.

Char-Grilled Lemongrass Chicken & Rice

Served with tomato, cucumber and pickled vegetables.

Korma of Braised Lamb (Gluten Free)

Braised lamb served with jasmine rice.

Contains cashew nuts.

Crispy Roast Pork & BBQ Pork

Served with jasmine rice, cucumber, tomato and plum sauce.

Spicy Salt Chicken Wings

Crispy fried chicken served with sriracha mayo.

Bo La Lot

Marinated beef wrapped in local betel leaves, served with rice noodle cakes and crushed peanuts.

Spicy Salt Squid (Gluten Free)

Lightly seasoned and flash fried, served with chilli onion relish and sriracha mayo.

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