MombasaFish
Mkundaji
Delicate flesh, subtly sweet flavour. Fry whole, grill, or light coconut sauces.
KES 700 per kg
| English name | Red Mullet |
|---|---|
| Swahili name | Mkundaji |
| Scientific name | Parupeneus / Upeneus spp. |
| Family | Mullidae (goatfishes) |
| Caught | Shimoni and the Pemba Channel, Kwale County |
| Method | Handline and small-net fishing from open wooden boats |
| Sold by | Per kilogram |
| Price | KES 700 / kg |
~110 kcal · 19 g protein · 3.5 g fat · good source of iron and B vitamins
Small, flavourful fish eaten whole — which means you get more minerals than from a fillet.
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.
Fry whole and crisp. Mkundaji has a distinctive, almost shellfish-like sweetness that is lost if you smother it in spice.
Goes well with: Salt, lime, chilli, fried cassava
Every order is cleaned to your preference — scaled, gutted, filleted, cut into steaks or left whole. Choose at checkout.
Keep on ice or in the coldest part of the fridge (0–4 °C) and cook within 2 days of delivery. To freeze, pat dry, wrap tightly and freeze at −18 °C; use within 3 months. Never refreeze fish that has thawed.
Keeps: 2 days refrigerated · 3 months frozen
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.
It has a sweet, almost prawn-like flavour that no other fish on the slab matches — a chef's fish.
Small — usually 150–400 g each, so several to a kilo.
