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Parma Number 37: The Jubilee Hotel … An $11 Parma worth every cent
The Verdict: The most impressive thing about the Jubilee Hotel’s chicken parmigiana is the price. At $11 that price can not be beaten. That said though, from the dry over cooked chicken through to the almost non-existent cheese, this chicken … Continue reading
Parma Number 36: Caxton Hotel … Not worth missing cricket training for!
The Verdict: This is a pretty easy Parma to review because it was missing two very important elements. The Caxton Hotel Chicken Parmigiana was served without ham and without salad. Add to that the fact that the cheese did not … Continue reading
Parma Number 35: Merthyr Bowls Club … Parma with a side of pokies
The Verdict: I walked into the Merthyr Bowls Club expecting to get a traditional pub parma and that is what I got. All of the elements of this dish were above average without being excellent. Due to a bit of … Continue reading
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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