Trixie Gonzales is the "Foodie Friend of the Month" for October 2013

Trixie Gonzales - Foodie Friend of October 2013

This October is the pilot month of my Foodie-Friend feature series wherein I'll be featuring my friends or even acquaintances who are foodies/food enthusiasts! However, this is just a 6-month trial launch that will serve as a preparatory stage for something bigger. If I receive good responses and feedback from this I shall open it up to other readers of this blog!

Why did I come up with this "Foodie Friend of the Month"?

Well, I want to boost up the engagement within the blog, so I decided to feature some of the foodie readers of A-Not-So Popular Kid. However, since I am considerably new to this blogging world, I wanted to try it out first with some friends. Basically, what I want to achieve is to extract some witty stories behind each foodie, and of course know more about him/her! 

Anyway, let's start getting to know Trixie Gonzales, our foodie friend of the month! Ready? Yeah, I'm excited too!

Foodie Friend for the Month of October (2013) - Trixie Gonzales!

Note: I formatted this in a question-and-answer type, so the ones in bold are the questions, and the ones indented are the answers. 

Share something interesting about you as a student and as a foodie.

To be honest, there’s nothing too much interesting about me as a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy student (BSA). I’m just a normal kid around the campus. But hey! As a foodie? I love food so much that I acquired some additional yet unnecessary weight for more than a year. that it took me some time to learn how to control myself and be who I am today. To give you a a clearer illustration of what I'm talking about, let me share with you this before-and-after photo here. Oh, no judging, please!

Blogger's note: Trixie is currently a 4th year BSA student of De La Salle University. She's currently my review mate!

Trixie Gonzales proving that being a foodie does not mean you can't be fit!

Any food-related accomplishments?

Food accomplishments? Hmm. I think I've been to more than restaurants already, and probably nearing 100 already! However, this includes even the small restaurants I've been through (i.e. the not-so-popular ones).

Mostly, I visit the restaurants in Caloocan or somewhere near UST. I keep on finding small restaurants around the place. Best of all - mura (cheap)!. Usually, those are the ones that I and my brother try out. Pondering on this, I think I prefer unknown small restaurants rather than those big yet cliché ones. 

Trixie and his brother

How do you personally define eating? 

I believe that eating is also the act of enjoying and appreciating the delicious taste of food more than just the mere act of biting and chewing.

Trixie Gonzales - a selfie photo

What is your favorite cuisine and/or dish? Give us a brief story about this. 

I like Chinese cuisine the most and the sweet and sour for the specific dish! The story behind this is not really related to the food taste. It’s just that whenever I eat Chinese food, I remember my brother, who is a great enthusiast of Chinese food, and with just a snap, I am happy. 

Trixie with her Favorite Sweet and Sour 

When and how did you become a food enthusiast? 

I became a food enthusiast when I was in High School. That was the time when my brother and I became really close. Since he cooked a lot of cuisines, I was assigned as his food taster. After a while, I developed my relationship with food. 

What in particular do you enjoy here in A-Not-So Popular Kid? What blog post did you enjoy the most?

I make it a point to check first the budget portion in every post. So, I guess that is my favorite part here in A-Not-So Popular Kid. 

 I love “Lovely LARCY'S CUPCAKERY in BF Homes, Parañaque” blog post a lot because it coincidentally sums up my first experience in that place. To date, Larcy’s Cupcakery is my favorite cupcake shop and I actually enjoy hanging out there. 

Now, I also asked Trixie to answer 2 random questions among a handful that I prepared, and she chose to answer the following:

Choose: Starve to death or eat until you choke-off and die? Why?

Eat until I choke-off and die. At least, I died happily! (So, we got a happy eater over here!)

Have you ever felt guilty when you eat in buffets? Why so, or why not? 

Every time I eat in buffets, I immediately feel guilty about it. I just don’t want to return to my fatty self anymore, but the food is screaming, “EAT ME!” So, I do… all the time. (Oh, such as bitter sweet tale you have there, Trixie!)

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