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Taste of Love at the 505 Central Food Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NOTE<\/strong>: Taste of Love is no longer at the 505 Central Food Hall. \u00a0Follow them on their Facebook<\/strong><\/a> page.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ask virtually every chef and home cook what the secret ingredient to good cooking is and invariably their answer will be “love.”\u00a0 Or in the case of Jersey Shore actor Michael Sorrentino, “The secret ingredient to every meal is love. And also garlic<\/em>.”\u00a0 Be forewarned, however, divulging “love” as the secret ingredient to good cooking might just get you in hot water with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).\u00a0 \u00a0In 2017 the FDA reprimanded a bakery in Concord, Massachusetts for including the term “love” in its ingredient list for granola.\u00a0 The over-reaching, humorless federal agency’s warning letter admonished: “Your Nashoba Granola label lists ingredient \u2018Love.\u2019 Ingredients required to be declared on the label or labeling of food must be listed by their common or usual name. \u2018Love\u2019 is not a common or usual name of an ingredient, and is considered to be intervening material because it is not part of the common or usual name of the ingredient<\/em>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s a good thing the FDA isn’t responsible for determining if movies contain profane, indecent or obscene content.\u00a0 Otherwise, a 2017 movie titled “A Taste of Love” might be declared obscene solely because its title implies love can be tasted.\u00a0 \u00a0While it’s protecting Americans from mislabeled food ingredients by using that vile ingredient love, maybe the FDA would also censure the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) which synopsized that movie as<\/span> “What is the taste of love?” Could it be sweet, sour, bitter or even salty? A girl embarks on an aromatic journey of love, stimulating her taste buds to the point of climax. With all senses, she explores the various forms love can take on<\/em>.”\u00a0 Isn’t it a good thing we have the federal government to protect us from all those offensive references to love instead of wasting time trying to curb Putin’s inflation?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Taste of Love Honors Some of the Spices Used In Italian Cuisine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The FDA probably shouldn’t tell Kayla Vallejos that you can’t taste love.\u00a0 The entire premise of her restaurant’s name “Taste of Love” is based on the notion that you can<\/em> taste love.\u00a0 It’s an essential ingredient in every item she prepares at her Lilliputian restaurant in the 505 Central Food Hall<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Just speak with Kayla for a few minutes and you’ll discern that her passion for cooking is palpable.\u00a0 It’s readily apparent that not only was she born to cook, but that she’s very good at it.\u00a0 In fact she’s been doing it since she was thirteen.\u00a0 Kayla climbed that proverbial career ladder to achieve her dreams of owning a restaurant.\u00a0 She got her start at Burger King then had\u00a0<\/span>waitressing and bartending stints before a restaurant owner in her home state of New Jersey gave her the opportunity to cook.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kayla worked in several kitchens, absorbing all the knowledge she could glean.\u00a0 She knew she was ready to venture out on her own when her culinary creations became the most requested items at the restaurants in which she worked.\u00a0 As with so many risk-taking entrepreneurs, Kayla and her wife Misty started the path to restaurant ownership in April, 2021, the tail end of the Pandemic.\u00a0 Their inaugural venture was a food truck described by Street Food Finder<\/strong><\/a> as a “New Food Truck bringing a variety of flavors from the East Coast Italian to Southwest! Handmade Pastas stuffed with Carne Adovada, Green Chile Alfredo Fries and more<\/em>!”\u00a0 Taste of Love was born!<\/span><\/p>\n

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What the Taste of Love Tastes Like<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thanks to immediate popular acclaim and traffic, Kayla and Misty believed they were ready to operate out of a brick-and-mortar establishment.\u00a0 Rather than risk the higher costs of prime location real estate, they launched inside 505 Central Food Hall at 505 Central.\u00a0 The urban food hall allows restaurateurs to operate high quality restaurants within smaller confines in a location that gives hungry diners nine lunch and dinner options.\u00a0 As with other tenants at the 505 Central Food Hall, Taste of Love relies on walk-ins.\u00a0 Taste of Love is located in a space immediately next door to Thicc<\/strong><\/a>, a fabulous purveyor of Detroit-style pizza.\u00a0 If you’re jonesing for Italian food, you’ve now got two great options under one roof from which to choose.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than most Italian restaurants in the Albuquerque area, Taste of Love offers a fusion of the Land of Enchantment’s sacrosanct chile-based flavors with the Italian flavors, ingredients and dishes with which Kayla grew up in New Jersey.\u00a0 Kayla and Misty also incorporate fresh ingredients from their garden at home.\u00a0 Several of those ingredients are depicted on a wall abutting their restaurant.\u00a0 The counter at which you place your order stands next to a pastry case where you can ogle such sweets as Oreo & Cream Rice Krispie treats.\u00a0 A small menu overhead lists what will likely become some of your very favorite Italian dishes in the Duke City.\u00a0 Visit the menu online<\/strong><\/a> and you’ll read “Menu items are subject to change based on availability<\/em>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Stuffed Mushrooms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baked ravioli (with Calabrian chile made by Kayla and Misty) was the one unavailable item on the menu during our inaugural visit, but our disappointment was only short-lived.\u00a0 For such a small menu, there are so many intriguing (make that mouth-watering) options to pick from and they’re all “heart to table<\/em>.”\u00a0 Kayla told us the meatball (grandma’s recipe) slider trio is an early favorite and will likely stick around.\u00a0 A menu section called “Paninis & More” is sure to be a popular option for sandwich lovers.\u00a0 Each panini is served with kettle chips or a side salad and you can add green chile to any panini for a pittance.\u00a0 Because every item is made to order, you may have to wait a few minutes before indulging.\u00a0 It’s all worth the wait.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mycophiles (people who love mushrooms) take great comfort in knowing there are over 38,000 varieties of fungus that give mushrooms like their “meaty” taste and texture.\u00a0 Taste of Love needs only one variety in their stuffed mushrooms<\/strong><\/em> which are brimming with Chimayo spiced Italian sausage, marinated mushrooms, Romano and greens all drizzled with a Balsamic.\u00a0 That Balsamic consorts magically with the other ingredients in unexpected ways.\u00a0 We didn’t, for example, expect the interplay between the sweet-astringent-caramel-like Balsamic and the deeply earthy mushrooms.\u00a0 Then there’s the Chimayo spiced Italian sausage with its sweet and piquant notes.\u00a0 This is a starter in which every ingredient works well together.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meatball Trio Sliders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cloudy or sunny, there’s more than a chance of meatballs at Taste of Love.\u00a0 Three chances in one dish, in fact. Quickly becoming the restaurant’s first big hit, meatball trio sliders<\/strong><\/em> showcase\u00a0 meatballs in three delicious ways.\u00a0 Picture three three-ounce meatballs each with a different sauce: walnut-basil pesto, green chile Alfredo and marinara.\u00a0 Each meatball slider has its own personality, each is delicious, each is nestled between fantastic buns from Sergio’s Bakery<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 We were especially enamored of the green chile Alfredo sauce, but that’s like declaring a favorite child when you love them all.\u00a0 If you’re tired of bouncy, all-filler meatballs, you’ll love Taste of Love’s meatballs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One panini which best exemplifies just how much love Kayla and Misty put into their culinary creations is the Caprese panini<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0Not only do they smoke tomatoes over cherry wood,\u00a0 they pull and stretch the mozzarella, grow the fresh basil and create the Calabrian chile oil.\u00a0 This sandwich is absolute genius, love being a very obvious ingredient despite what the FDA might say.\u00a0 All the flavors coalesce into a wonderful and artistic composite, like a symphony in which every instrument hits the right notes at the right time.\u00a0 Though there is no meat in this panini, the mozzarella gives it a complete protein.\u00a0 Kayla likened the colors of the ingredients–red, green and white–to the Italian flag, but pointed out that if you arrange them a little differently, they’re the colors of the Mexican flag, too.\u00a0 This sandwich deserves a flag at full mast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Caprese Panini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you have any doubts as to love being an essential ingredient in great food, Taste of Love will dispel those doubts.\u00a0 There’s plenty of love in every dish!<\/span><\/p>\n

Taste of Love<\/strong>
\n505 Central Avenue, N.W.
\nAlbuquerque, New Mexico<\/strong>
\n(505) 515-6500
\nWebsite<\/strong><\/a> | Facebook Page<\/a><\/strong>
\nLATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 21 May 2022
\n# OF VISITS<\/strong>: 1
\nRATING<\/strong>: N\/R
\nCOST<\/strong>: $$
\nBEST BET<\/strong>: Meatball Trio Sliders, Stuffed Mushrooms, Grilled Caprese Panini
\nREVIEW #1275 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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