This is me!
Banker by day and frustrated cook the rest of the time – Trissa would one day love to remove the “n” from her day job. Trissa grew up running around the kitchens of her mother and grandmother, both of whom jointly managed one of the Philippines’ most established Spanish restaurants. Trissa likes to think of herself as a “passionate amateur of anything food” and spends all her money on cooking lessons and cookbooks. Trissa chronicles her food (mis)adventures through her blog, Trissalicious, where she cooks almost anything and everything that catches her fancy.
Trissalicious 
Just read that your family ran El Comedor… actually have the cookbook, bought it years ago when we went home for a visit and was collecting filipino cookbooks. great recipes.
Hi, great blog Trissa. 🙂
Hi there! I love your blog & going through all your recipes.
And your photos look so pretty! 🙂
I also wanted to ask how you added the recipe box at the bottom of each post?
Hi! I wish I could tell you how it’s done but I only got someone to teach me… I think it’s called code?
hi trissa! i’m a big fan! any chance we can feature your blog in http://www.australianfilipina.com.au? I’d like to put in an excerpt of this and link to your site. 🙂 thanks! https://trissalicious.com/2012/01/29/seafood-kare-kare-philippine-seafood-peanut-and-coconut-stew-inspired-by-bale-dutung/ michelle
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Hi Trissa,
I thought it was you 🙂 We did the Cantonese BBQ Cooking Class together.
Was lovely to meet you. Have been a fan of the blog for a while but I was too shy to ask if you were the same person!!
Anjoli
HI Trissa,
A friend of mine had a recipe of yours pinned on one of his pinterest boards. The name of your site caught me completely off guard since my name is Trissa, too. I’ve never known another Trissa, so I had to send you a message just to say, “Hi, Trissa.”
Hi Trissa!!
Hi Trissa, I just discovered your blog today thanks to the Kitchn and I’ve spent a good hour or so reading past posts 🙂 I love it, and I’m so happy to stumble upon you! I’m also Filipino so I especially love the posts with Filipino food. Looking forward to reading more!
Trissa, so which Spanish restaurant did your grandmother and mother run? Hmmm, I’m now very curious! I grew up in the Philippines, so I would know all the “classic” restaurants there. However, I haven’t been in a long time, so I have no idea of new restaurants there nowadays! Anyway, like you, I am a cookbook collector! Sometimes, I buy cookbooks over my kids’ diapers! Just kidding!!
Hi Jen! My family owned El Comedor – have you heard of it? Love that you love cookbooks – so do I – am addicted to buying them – even if I haven’t cooked from almost half of them!
OMG!!! My mom just sent me her copy of El Comedor’s cookbook from Manila. Was browsing the web looking for a paella negra recipe. Very cute story… I always try to remember to smile close-lipped for the after dinner pictures.
Hi Trissa,
I came across your blog while searching for a quenelle recipe having just eaten at aux Lyonnaise last week. What a great surprise that not only did I find an excellent recipe for quenelles but THE recipe for quenelles from Aux Lyonnais. Thanks you. I’m looking forward to exploring you site. Great job!
Robert
Just started blogging all but 2 days ago and have been following you and wanted to share one of your recipes on my blog and spread the Trissalicious world. Look forward to sharing and wishing you a very Happy New Year and the very best!
Flavorful Filipina
Hi Trissa,
I’m working on a new Australian cookbook and would love to talk with you more about it, do you have an email address so I can send you some more info?
Thanks,
Allie
Love your blog. I somehow keep coming around to it. Fantastic photography too. Keep it coming, it’s a real pleasure.
Hey Trissa
I’m being checking Trissalicious for a while now and I’m really really inspired about what I see in here. Not that my type of cooking is nearly as good as yours ahaha. I have my own blog now, it’s still taking baby steps but it would really mean to me if you stopped by to “take a look around”!
http://littlegoodthingsfood.wordpress.com/
LOVEEEEEEE your food! keep going! (L)
Hi,
I tried your Trissalicious Pistachio Cookies but the it came out rather hard. It did not taste as crunchy as a normal cookie would. I really want to get it right – appreciate some pointers.
Hi Trissa,
I learned about *you* from @blissfulcow over at Twitter, and as I said in a tweet, your website is visually orgasmic. I’m a food writer from the Philippines and like you, “a passionate amateur of anything food”.
Just dropping by to send out this friendly hello from Manila to Sydney 😀
Cheers!
Chun Valencia
Ok this is weird, but my family nickname is Trissa, too. The momofuku post looks delicious but also quite difficult. I wonder if I can do it lactose-free?
HI Trissa! I love your blog and the photos are just so inviting! I have been meaning to join the Kulinarya Club but have contacted 2 members and no one came back to me. Would really want to join.
Hi Trissa!
Astrid Joarder from the PR team at Pacific Magazines Sydney – we have a few things we’d love to discuss with you personally – please shoot me an email when you can!
Regards
Totally loving your blog! Great food, great images!
Hi Trissa,
I would like to ask you about linking to a couple of your recipes (with backlinks of course). If you are interested would you drop me a note and I will give you more info. Cheers!
Hi Trissa! I write for a Filipino food magazine and we’d like to feature your blog in an upcoming issue. Can I ask for your e-mail address so I can send you a few short questions to answer for the feature? Thank you!
ha ha great opening about sentence. banker to baker in just one letter removal!
Fab posts and blog. Love it!
I’m thrilled to have found your blog – the photography is lovely and I can’t wait to try the mouth-watering recipes. Thank you!
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Hi Trissa,
Just an off-topic question, did you use to occasionally come to the Max Brenner at DJs? A mocha in your own cup(heatproof?) for take away? I’m sorry if I’m wrong, haha, I’m used to recognising people’s faces on the street and immediately remembered what they normally order. So right now I just can’t help to confirm. Anyway, great job on the blog, love it!
E
Dear Trissa,
I took your Macaroon class yesterday at The Essential Ingredient. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a great deal. You are a delightful teacher and far more experienced than you admit!
You said that you would send me the peanut brittle recipe that you managed to extract from a well-known chef. I would appreciate it.
Many thanks for yesterday. It was great fun and I learned a great deal.
Barbara
Trissa I love your blog and the photos are just gorgeous..I stumbled across you and bookmarked you….and now I am hooked….love all of your recipes and your interesting stories. Are you doing any more classes at The Essential Ingredient?
@Kathie – Yes I have another class in March and one in May. I’ll email you shortly. Cheers
Descubro este blog haceunos días y despues de pasear por el decido quedarme si a ti no te importa.
Un lugar delicioso
Saludos
Great blog! Love your photos and recipes and writing 🙂
hola!
nice blog! great recipies and pictures, lovely!
a wonderful blog and amazing photos!
Amazing website! Superb work.! I am in NY now! Is there a chance to learn macarons? Regards
Hi Trissa,
I just came across your site and I would say you have good eyes behind the lens there. Great job and hope someday you’ll find the success that you’re looking for. Wishing you the best!
ray
Hi Trissa, my friend Eugene (an ex-work colleague of yours) sent me your site and I have to say, everything looks totally scrumptious! I’d love it if you could do a guest post on my site http://www.thegracioushost.com.au with a suggested Christmas menu, linking back to recipes on your site. Please let me know if you’re interested and email me! Thanks 🙂
you have the most beautiful food photography. it is so striking, yet unheavy! the recipes are great, as well. a lot of the filipino dishes remind me of my days in the philippines!
also… awesome blog! love the Quay too… Amanda and I went there for my finishing exams celebration… thought it made every other restaurant in Syd seem like child’s play…? eventhough I feel bad saying that…
Trish… thanks for the macaron class last weekend… tried them out yesterday, was a HUGE success… the only thing i’m not 100% happy is that even after the food processing, i still find the almond meal and icing mixture slightly grainy… any advice on that? x
Hi Moni – if your processor doesn’t grind it fine enough, you can also sieve it once or twice to make it smoother. Let me know if that helps.
Trissa
Trissa, I only discovered your blog a couple of days ago and have since had it constantly open and am reading through its entirety – not only does your food look to die for (I have a couple bookmarked for future use – The Gnudi and Spaghetti Royale are already on the menu for next week! My boyfriend, who is half Filipino, is begging for the Longanisa so I expect that will be done soon!) and your photographs incredible but every entry has such a well written and lovely story to go with it. Your blog is an absolute joy to go through! And, oh my God, do I wish I could have gone to one of your Macaron classes. This is an amazing, beautiful, tasty and humorous gem in the internet! Just wanted to say how much I am completely enjoying reading it and that it has already been recommended at least ten times over only two days.
Keep up the excellent work!
I remember el comedor and the cuchinillo which was cut up with a plate. Your recipes are interesting, and I will certainly try the naked longganisa.
Good luck with your creations and hope to join your kulinarya cooking club!
Great blog you have here Trissa. I happened to bump into your blog through Neel’s tweet yesterday. Great food photography and would love some of those macs .
The litter we are looking at is Bizou’s nieces and nephews
I wish I could cook but mum is scared of me blowing up the kitchen
Lovely blog you have, Trissa! And Bizou and Baci are adorable. Glad that I found you through Twitter. Looking forward to your posts!
hahah LAKSA!!! I also love Malaysian food! Too bad about El comedor, I would have loved to feature it on my blog. We come from spanish decent as well, and I have never tasted a good place here in manila with awesome callos, lengua or bacalao!
I LIKE you. :))))))))) did he propose? I LOLed..you are naughty 😉
I’m surprised you were able to choose for the “most shameless thing you’ve ever done”!
Love your site and your photos are gorgeous! Your two dogs are so so so SO cute 🙂
Glad you stopped by my blog which led me to yours. Looking forward to following your adventures!
And did he propose?
Im loving your site trissa! im glad to have bumped into you here at foodblogosphere! here’s to knowing you more… cheers!
As a new food blogger, I scan many sites to learn as I go… your site is a fun place… I’m liking the WordPress formatting also…
great site trissa! i didnt know you were such a culinary expert – maybe one day ill get to sample your food 🙂
take care!
Hi there! I’m refurbishing my website and I’ve set up a link and took a screen shot of trissalicious.com. You’ll find it here: http://eatmarvin.com/pages/Links2010.htm
I hope that’s alright with you. Thanks!
-marvs
ps. My family and I used to go to El Comedor at Paseo d’ Magallanes. Sad it’s not there anymore.
Great site! I will be back 🙂
Goodness, in response to the ‘shameless thing you’ve done’.. it appears that you have a few tricks up your sleeve when it comes to getting restaurant bookings ..hehe
Which part of this section need updating? 😉 I LOL-ed at how you got into the fully booked restaurant using the “proposal” tactic. Loved reading through your blog (the AMAZING photos & witty writing!!!) … you rock!
Trissa, I havent had a chance to go through your blog yet (it seems lovely, the little that I have seen of it) but when I saw your comment on Veron’s post about how you could spend the whole day in a food market vs the Louvre- I knew I had to visit your blog as I feel the same way. OD’d on museum visits in Paris (we went every summer), when my husband and I went for our honeymoon, during Christmas and New Year’s, and all we did was eat and drink (and shop, a little). I shall take a ‘stroll’ around your blog now. best wishes, shayma
wow! cool thing i found your blog. macarons day and night here =). tonight mango macarons…then blueberry.
Wow…. send me a sample… they all look good, but how can I tell if they taste good?
Fellow pinoy foodie here! I’d love to follow your blog, but I wish you had a follow button (like Google Friend Connect). Great pics!
Hello Trissa,
You are really humourous! I love your blog! 😀
wow galing your site Trissa. I get hungry looking at it.
Trissa, I love reading your about me. You have a very interesting life, hehe.
Hi Trissa
Came across your lovely blog while working my way through Taste Spotting looking for ideas. I love your story about the chocolate mousse. I know all about expensive vet bills! I hope the doggies are good now.
Thanks
Lindsay
Hi Trissa,
It’s nice to meet you here. I think cooking is in your blood even if you only started cooking when you’re in Australia. I think I have eaten there but that was a long time ago. Great blog, by the way and great photos too. I love it.
Divina
Hi Trissa,
I like this blog. How wonderful! Great to see this.
I will try to find an easy recipe and see if I can even follow it.
Take care,
Kat
Hello Trissa,
I love that you have this blog which showcases Filipino recipes. I am particularly delighted that you have the barbeque chicken and java rice recipe, which I used to enjoy in high school a looooooong time ago. 🙂 I will try them very soon, and relive the “heaven” I used to experience as a teenager.
Yum!
Chato
(San Jose, CA)
Hey Trissa! You’re turning into Tina. haha! All your recipes look yummy…hope I’ll be able to taste some of it soon. 🙂 Take care!
Agnes! Don’t insult Trissa! I’m so not in her league!!!
Major insult to Trissa!!!!!! 🙂
She will find that funny! ha ha
Haven’t been able to cook in a long time! The last thing I made was Calamansi Muffins… want the recipe?
Miss you.
Bets
Hi Bettina!! Miss you lots! When you coming here? I’d love the calamansi muffin recipe. I’ve got a little tree here and have maybe 20 calamansis so it would be great to use them up!
Bets, you should have a food blog also. You have lots of good recipes. I can sit all day and read food blogs.