Before allowing that tendril of delicately battered calamari to hit the tongue, a diner should first admire the artistic manner in which the tempura was arranged upon the gold-flecked Japanese paper lining its woven bamboo dish.
That night, before attending a tech rehearsal for her upcoming play, we had dinner at Hamburg Inn, a diner famous for pie milkshakes and for being a mandatory political stop for candidates during the Iowa caucuses.