The Palmerston Hotel: Chicken parma
A friend of my Bro’s came to visit over New Years, and during his visit we gave him many good eating experiences. One of those was to experience the wonder of a parma, as he had never eaten one before. Those who read superparma.com (sadly, it looks like the domain hasn’t been renewed) will recognise the Palmerston Hotel, a pub that held the #1 spot for a while.
The key to a good chicken parmagiana is a juicy chicken breast, topped with ham, a flavoursome sauce and melted cheese. At the Palmerston, a large crumbed chicken breast is topped with Virginian ham, Napoli sauce and melted mozzarella ($16). You can choose between chips and salad or mash and vege.
The parma is gigantic! The chicken breast was juicy, and the Napoli sauce, although there wasn’t much, was decent and even had real basil in it. The edges of the parma that weren’t underneath sauce or cheese went nice and crispy. The mash was good too – mostly smooth and buttery, and the boiled vegetables were acceptable. I didn’t eat much of the sides though, because I was trying to focus my efforts on the large slab of chicken in front of me (ultimately I was defeated). The boys had chips with their parmas, and these were good pub chips, thick and crispy.
There was some debate among us as to whether this was the #1 parma in Victoria due to the lack of sauciness. However, #1 or not, it would be hard to go home hungry or unhappy after eating this parma.
Palmerston Hotel
51 Palmerston Crescent
South Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9690 5749
DC
January 22, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
Ah finally a parma review! The Palmerston is great, definitely sits in my top 5 🙂
Pigdog
January 22, 2008 @ 8:42 pm
#1 parma!
Agnes
January 24, 2008 @ 9:55 pm
Cass – yes, maybe we should eat parmas more often! It’s a shame superparma.com looks like no more.
Bro – yes, we know that it’s your #1. :p
Truffle
January 25, 2008 @ 9:13 pm
I know this is a terrible confession for a foodie but I only recently tasted my first parma. Having developed a real taste for them I must say these look great!
Anonymous
March 17, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
i went to the palmerston last night after hearing so much about it! I have to say that the parma was fantastic and huge!! It cost $17.00 and i have to say it was well worth it, thick juicy loads of sauce and cheese. Well done chef!
Anonymous
May 6, 2009 @ 7:26 am
It’s said to see superparma.com go. Don’t get too upset though as there’s a new kid on the block – parma.com.au