Readers jump to pub classic chicken parma’s defence

READERS have leapt to the defence of the parma after a pub ditched it because customers didn’t find it pretty enough to post on instagram.

Nick Lye loves a good parma at Williamstown's Stag's Head Hotel. Picture: Nathan Dyer

HOW can you tell you are in the “wrong” pub?

According to our reader, Paul, it’s when:

1. Every bloke has a beard, too-tight jeans and a flanny

2. Every girl is photographing the food

Paul isn’t the only one to react to our story about the classic chicken “parma” being under threat of extinction in Melbourne pubs because it’s not pretty enough to post on instagram.

The article has provoked a strong response — for the beloved parma and against food snappers.

Brad begged our youth to take off their “convoluted social media googles”.

“Why don’t all you young people stop looking at life through a camera lens, stop thinking that everyone has to know what you’re doing every minute of the day ... and actually start seeing the world that is actually around you?” Brad said.

“Really, nobody gives a crap about you or your life! You are all wasting your lives!”

Daniel said he noticed “what eating out has become” during a recent lunch in a trendy Sydney restaurant.

“The table next door had four early twenties women, who took their seat and spent the next 30 minutes glued to their phones, only stopping to take a selfie or two,” Daniel said.

“Another table over a couple sat there with a dessert on the table. Out comes the big SLR camera to document the event for all to see.”

Alicia said the parma was a favourite, while Chris said the popular chicken and napoli sauce treat would “be around forever”.

“Unless A Current Affair suddenly finds that it causes cancer, like everything else.”

You know you are in the ‘wrong’ pub when ...

It’s a ‘gastropub’ that charges $10 a beer

Even worse when it’s only a pot.

There’s pokies

Any pub that needs poker machines to survive is either greedy or not making enough profit from their food and drink sales ... and that’s worrying.

You can hear bad live music that’s really loud

If the amplifier only goes up to 10 why have you got it on 11?

There’s soggy beer mats

The last person at the bar was seemingly too drunk to keep their glass upright — and the bartender is too lazy to replace the beer mat.

How can you tell when you are in the ‘wrong pub’? Tell us below