You may not believe me from the above photos, but there were chips with this parma, and they actually weren't that bad - Probably the best part of the dish. Beer battered, cooked and seasoned well. I normally claim that any parmaficionado worth his salt can re-arrange a plate to save the chips from their steamy prison before too much damage is done, however Food Inc. plate didn't leave much room for rearrangement, it wasn't till I was halfway done that I managed to free the rest of the chips from their sauna.

The salad wasn't great. Some lettuce, two slices of cucumber and a tomato wedge. No dressing, just veggies on a plate. The cucumber was fresh and crisp but otherwise there's no love lost with this salad.

$17 is an impressive price point, I couldn't tell you the last time we had a parma below $20 on a non-parma-night, let alone one with a free soft drink included in the price.

The Food Inc. parma was not the biggest, and not the "baddest" in either definition of the word. If the price tag is all you're concerned about then it might be worth checking out, its a cheap feed that you won't walk away from hungry - But if you find yourself in the middle of Melbourne there are most definitely better options around.

Parma - 5.50

Chips - 7.00

Salad - 4.50

Value - 8.00

Total - 6.10

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