MombasaFish
The crown jewel
Firm texture, naturally sweet and delicate. Garlic-butter grilling, steaming, feasts.
KES 3,300 per kg
| English name | Lobster |
|---|---|
| Swahili name | The crown jewel |
| Scientific name | Panulirus spp. |
| Family | Palinuridae (spiny lobster) |
| Caught | The reefs off Shimoni and Wasini Island |
| Method | Hand-caught by divers and traps on the reef |
| Sold by | Per kilogram |
| Price | KES 3,300 / kg |
~90 kcal · 19 g protein · 1 g fat · very high in selenium, zinc and B12
Very lean, very high protein, and rich in selenium and zinc.
Nutritional values are approximate, per 100 g raw edible portion, and vary with size and season. This is general information, not medical or dietary advice.
Split lengthwise, brush with garlic butter and grill shell-side down 6–8 minutes. Do not boil a good lobster to death — the tail is done the moment it turns opaque.
Goes well with: Garlic butter, lime, chilli, coconut rice
Every order is cleaned to your preference — scaled, gutted, filleted, cut into steaks or left whole. Choose at checkout.
Shellfish are the most perishable thing we sell. Keep cold and cook the day of delivery where possible, and within 24 hours at the latest.
Keeps: 1 day refrigerated
Every fish is looked over by hand before it is packed. These are the four things we check, and they are the same four you should check when it reaches you.
Then it is packed. On ice, in a sealed EPS cooler that holds cold for up to 72 hours. Mombasa goes the same day by rider; everywhere else travels by express courier or bus.
Do these four checks yourself when it arrives. If any of them fails, send one photograph within 24 hours and we replace the item or refund it — we never ask you to send fish back. Read the guarantee.
No — this is Indian Ocean spiny lobster, which has no large front claws. All the meat is in the tail, and it is sweeter than cold-water lobster.
One 400–500 g lobster per person as a main course.
Availability varies with the monsoon and with closed-season rules. Message us for what is landing this week.
