Every neighborhood needs a good kabob restaurant.
This Fountain Valley neighborhood adjacent to the 405 already has a good spot for Turkish skewers at Mr Kebap. And now just two blocks away, Chelo Kabob has begun dishing out some pretty good Persian kabobs.
Let’s be clear. This isn’t a destination restaurant, and there are certainly finer Iranian restaurants to be found. Chelo is just a cute little kabob shop in a forgotten strip mall near the freeway.
I don’t recommend trekking across the county to eat here, but if I were speeding through the neighborhood hungry, I might swerve across traffic and into the parking lot at full speed for another one of their Cornish hen kabobs.
The bird is tender and juicy, perfectly charred and intensely fragrant. It’s also riddled with little bones, so you’ll need to slow down and pay attention. This is good stuff.
Chelo Kabob
Where: 17431 Brookhurst St., Fountain Valley
When: Lunch and dinner daily
Cost: $14
Phone: 714-369-2245
Online: ckabob.com