Where - 79 High St. Woodend

Price - $27. Extra $2 for garlic aioli

Website - https://holgatebrewhouse.com

Reviewers – Lee & Nikki

When I think about the parmas of my childhood one parma sticks out in particular. I would have been about 12 or 13, coming back from a weekend at Daylesford with my parents we decided to stop in at the Keating Hotel in Woodend for a Sunday lunch. I ordered the parma, we got our meals and I tucked in to discover a horribly burnt schnitzel with a bright pink, completely raw centre. I thought I was going to die from eating raw chicken and I’m pretty sure I cried. It was not a fun time.

I’m in my mid 30’s now and still think about that horrible parma to this day, and subconsciously its probably the reason I have devoted my life to ridding the world of shitty parmas.

I knew the Holgate Brewhouse had been in Woodend for a while now, but I never made the connection that the Holgate building was, in fact, the old Keating Hotel until I was chatting with my parents recently and they brought up how horrible that parma was (I must have caused a scene for them to remember).

I had heard good things about the Holgate parma in the past and this past Sunday I found myself with nothing to do for the day, so we took a drive out to Woodend to check out the Holgate Brewhouse!