{"id":12101,"date":"2014-05-11T09:31:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T16:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=12101"},"modified":"2018-07-30T10:31:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T17:31:46","slug":"en-route-to-walla-walla-washington-los-hernandez-tamales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/en-route-to-walla-walla-washington-los-hernandez-tamales\/","title":{"rendered":"En Route to Walla Walla, Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"enroute If you’ve heard of Walla Walla,\u00a0Washington, the first thing you think of \u00a0is sweet onions. But over the the years, wine and grapes have been muscling in on that territory. It’s in Eastern Washington, about a four hour drive from Seattle. A couple of weekends ago, we got in the car, crossed the Snoqualmie Pass and drove out for\u00a0Nocking Point Wines<\/a>\u2019 spring release party. The pet project of \u2018Arrow\u2019 star Stephen Amell and his buddy Drew, Nocking Point is a small label with wines created by a few different winemakers.\u00a0 The party, held at sports bar in Walla Walla, gave us an opportunity to head out east and see some of Washington, at least I, hadn\u2019t seen before. \"los Once you’re over the Pass, you’re in central Washington’s farm country. Just off the highway, in a town called Union Gap, on a stretch of road dotted with used car dealerships and old fast food restaurants, is a low-slung white brick building with a glass storefront.\u00a0 This is the home of Los Hernandez<\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s a no-nonsense little place, focused on one thing, tamales. There are two or three small tables and a wire rack holding bags and bags of dried corn husks, ready to be taken home.\u00a0 Most of the year, there are two kinds of tamales \u2013 chicken and pork, but during the spring, there\u2019s an extra reason to come to Los Hernandez: Asparagus and pepper jack tamales. \"los Huge steel pots sit steaming on the back stove and 2-3 ladies fill orders while another takes them and rings them up. People stream in, picking up dozens. A couple driving back to Montana stopped in for five dozen while we sat and ate. First, it was just two tamales each, and by the time we walked out, we\u2019d eaten nine between the two of us. Yes, nine.\u00a0 While most tamales are masa bombs with just a little bit of filling, Los Hernandez knows its business. The masa is relatively thin layer encasing the pork or chicken. In the case of the asparagus, the masa and asparagus are mixed together, a trick I\u2019ll be using on my next tamale attempt. \"los I\u2019ve been obsessing about these tamales<\/a> for a couple of\u00a0years, but was never able to come up with a reason to get us out to Yakima, just for tamales. But finally, it was the mid-way point on the way out to the Nocking Point party in Walla Walla and as it happened Owen Roe<\/a> was also having an open house at its new facility in Yakima.\u00a0 Finally, a confluence of events that got\u00a0us to Los Hernandez. These tamales are everything they’re cracked up to be. Had I known just how good they are, we would have driven two hours just for tamales a lot sooner. And in fact, we stopped in again on the way home to pick some up for dinner. The asparagus tamales are a seasonal, limited time item, so call ahead if you’re planning to head out. \u00a0But really, the pork tamales are so good, too, you can’t lose. \"owen<\/p>\n

A quick look at Owen Roe, Yakima.<\/p>\n

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Just for for fun – one of the ceiling fans at Owen Roe. One Big Ass Fan, indeed.<\/p>\n

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The view from Owen Roe, Yakima<\/p>\n

Next up: a look at Walla Walla, Washington.<\/p>

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