Monthly Archives: August 2015

Parma Schedule: September

September is a long month for chicken parmigiana testing in the quest for Brisbane’s Best Parma with five new venues on the schedule as follows: Check out the blog every Thursday for the review of each week’s parma.

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Updated Parma Ladder

It was a game changing month of chicken parmigiana testing with a new leader in the race for the “Robert” Parma award.  Here is the updated Parma Ladder at the end of August: There are only sixteen weeks to go.  … Continue reading

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Parma Number 34: Queens Arms Hotel … No salad = enough said!

The Verdict: I had received a pretty good recommendation for the chicken parmigiana at the Queens Arms Hotel.  Unfortunately, it failed to live up to the hype! The fact that there was no salad in this dish was not a … Continue reading

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Schedule Update: Final August Venue

Regular readers will be aware than one of the venues for the week was discovered to no longer serve its chicken parmigiana.  Given its proximity I moved the Waterloo Hotel trial up a couple of weeks.  That being the case … Continue reading

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Parma Number 33: Brisbane Brewing Co. … There’s a new “Robert” in town!

The Verdict: It has been 25 weeks and 25 Chicken Parmigianas since I anointed the Calamvale Tavern Parma as the frontrunner for the “Robert” Parma award as my best Parma in Brisbane and this week the Brisbane Brewing Co Parma … Continue reading

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Parma Number 32: The Red Brick Hotel … there but for the cubed ham go I

The Verdict: I was a little bit worried when the Parma Consigliere, Davo (the Junior Parma reviewer) and I walked into the Red Brick because it was empty.  I needn’t have worried because this Chicken Parmigiana was really very good. … Continue reading

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Parma Number 31: Waterloo Hotel … Shame about those cheese rations! 

The Verdict: After some jiggery pokery with the venue for tonight’s Parma (you can read about that here: https://brisbanebestparma.com/2015/08/05/the-august-schedule-a-venue-change/ ), the Waterloo Hotel presented a happy respite from the madness of venues removing chicken parmigiana from menus. There were a … Continue reading

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The August Schedule: A venue change

After only testing 3 parma’s last month because of menu changes, I have decided to that when a venue no longer has the chicken parmigiana on the menu but has been included in the schedule a replacement will be found. … Continue reading

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