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The Parma Ladder
21 Chicken Parmigianas and 5 months into my search for Brisbane’s Best Parma here is the updated Parma Ladder (as things presently stand): The next time I update the ladder I will be half way through this quest. Watch this … Continue reading
Parma Number 21: The Paddo Tavern … The Rule 5 Loophole
The Verdict: I heard much about the Chicken Parmigiana at the Paddo Tavern before trialling it and it did not disappoint. The main question of the night thought was whether this Parma actually qualified for race to find Brisbane’s Best … Continue reading
Parma Number 20: Finnigans Chin Keperra … A meal shredded by the ham?
The Verdict: The menu said shaved ham but shaved ham was not what I received. Shredded ham instead was produced as part of the Finnigans Chin Chicken Parmigiana and it would be fair to say that it never really recovered … Continue reading
Team Parma: Walking 100km for Charity
On 19/20 June; viz, in 30 days, I will be embarking as part of Team Parma on the Oxfam Trailwalker in Brisbane for 2015. Please check out the Team Parma team site here: https://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/team/home/21886 Obviously I would be humbled if you … Continue reading
Parma Number 19: The Wickham Hotel … We may have found our “Clive” people!!!
The Verdict: Keeping with the theme this month of visiting pubs recommended to me by readers, I am pleased to say that the recommendation of the Wickham Hotel proved to be a very good one. The chicken portion of this meal … Continue reading
Parma Number 18: The Brunswick Hotel … That’s not what I ordered!
The Verdict: When I looked at the menu I found the entry for the chicken parmigiana more interesting than usual as it referenced slaw as the salad portion of the meal. The last time a Parma came out with slaw … Continue reading
The Parma Calendar: May
Here is the schedule for this month of reviews of Chicken Parmigiana: Last month the RE Hotel’s Parma fell off the Calendar. It will come back at a later point in the year. Each of these venues has been recommended … Continue reading
The Parma Ladder
What a month it has been in the world of Brisbane’s Best Parma! 5 more Parma’s trialled: some good and some bad. After all of those reviews here is the updated Parma ladder as at the end of April: There … Continue reading
Parma Number 17: The Gap Tavern … “You don’t win friends with salad.”
The Verdict: Last night’s chicken Parma was imbibed with my junior Parma correspondent Davo and he summed this one up pretty well … “This is perfect Uncle Steve … Except for the salad!”. The bad salad coupled with a few … Continue reading
Parma Number 16: Everton Park Hotel … Should have worn my desert boots!
The Verdict: After a week in which only good things happened in the land of Parma, high hopes were had for a good chicken parmigiana at the Everton Park Hotel. Those hopes were, simply, dashed by the lack of moisture … Continue reading
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