MombasaFish
80–100+ pieces / kg
Tiny, delicate, sweet — small in size, big on taste. Soups, prawn bhajia, fried rice.
KES 1,200 per kg
| English name | Prawns Cocktail |
|---|---|
| Swahili name | 80–100+ pieces / kg |
| Scientific name | Metapenaeus spp. |
| Family | Penaeidae |
| Caught | Shimoni creeks and the inshore waters of Kwale County |
| Method | Small-boat trawl and creek net fishing |
| Sold by | Per kilogram |
| Price | KES 1,200 / kg |
~99 kcal · 21 g protein · 1 g fat · very high in selenium, iodine and B12
Lean, high-protein and rich in selenium and iodine.
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.
Small and quick. Perfect stirred through pilau or fried rice, folded into a curry at the last minute, or dressed cold for a prawn cocktail.
Goes well with: Pilau, fried rice, mayonnaise, lime
Every order is cleaned to your preference — scaled, gutted, filleted, cut into steaks or left whole. Choose at checkout.
Keep prawns on ice and cook within 1–2 days. Shell-on keeps better than peeled. Freeze at −18 °C for up to 3 months; thaw in the fridge, never on the counter.
Keeps: 1–2 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.
Small — 60 or more to a kilo. They cook in about a minute.
Anywhere the prawn is an ingredient rather than the centrepiece — pilau, fried rice, pasta, salads.
