Coogee Common

Coogee Common is an offshoot of one of our favourite Fremantle restaurants, Bread in Common. It’s situated on the coast in the old Coogee Hotel, a heritage building, dating back to1899, when it became popular with honeymooners wanting to stay near the beach. The owners of Bread in Common saw its potential, especially as it had land attached where they could grow their own vegetables. Their website states:

“Over the past two years our team of gardeners have tirelessly rehabilitated the land, cultivating our terraced gardens. We rescued olive trees from Gingin, fig trees from Scarborough and Shiraz vines from Margaret River. The gardens, pollinated by our resident bees, will supply both Bread in Common, and Coogee Common, as well as our Common Farm Shop.”

The old hotel now stands on a busy road. The beach was behind me when I took the photo. The terraced gardens were to the left of the hotel and looked very prolific. C and E were keen to try the vegetarian meals on offer.

A lot of work in the kitchen goes into presentation of interesting ingredients.

This is my tortellini with lamb shoulder

This is C's red cabbage with a spicy dressing

All in all, we thought that meals at Bread in Common in Freo were slightly superior - but it made an interesting outing. We also had lovely starters of house baked bread and scallops, and those two who don't need to watch their weight had some chocolatey desserts.