Elle from [1] A Complete Thought just tagged me for a fun food meme, which is great because I love food, really enjoy cooking and am a big time food network junkie. So here are the rules:

1. Link to name of person that tagged you.
2. Include state and country you live in.
3. List top 5 favorite local restaurants.
4. Tag 5 other people and let them know they’ve been tagged.

I live in California, USA.

1) [2] P.F. Changs–my favorite restaurant, serves awesome Chinese food. I’m not sure how authentic it is but they have an amazing Almond Cashew Chicken and Chicken Lettuce Wraps.

2) [3] Corner Bakery Cafe is the place I’m into right now. A little pricey for just a sandwich and chips–it’s a little bit of a snobby deli. The food is yummy and healthy–fresh sandwiches, paninis, salads and fruit. My favorite is the Uptown Turkey Sandwich.

3) [4] Chipotle is a little chain of Mexican restaurants that have delicious guacamole, gigantic burritos and my favorite the burrito bowl–all the ingredients without the tortilla. So good!

4) [5] Eric’s Deli Cafe is a northern California restaurant with all fresh sandwiches and yummy soups. I used to go to this place at least once a week when we lived up north. This is the home style version of Corner Bakery Cafe.

5) [6] Rainforest Cafe is the all time toddler friendly restaurant! The food is pretty good, and the ambiance is fun and keeps kids attention. The whole place is covered in foliage and features realistic looking life-size gorillas, elephants, monkeys who all come to life ever 20 minutes or so. Several huge aquariums and water fountains make this place a dining experience!

Those are my top picks and here are my picks to be tagged to do this memo on their blogs! Kim at [7] Upward Call, Diane from [8] Aim to Please Him, Dawn from [9] Spanish Morning, [10] Veronica Whitley, and my sister, [11] Alicia.