Fried Squid

We've arrived in Xi'an, a much smaller city than Beijing with only 8 million folk, almost all of whom must live in high-rise flats. The blocks are never ending, truly grim looking, lots of them seemingly half-finished and abandoned.
Went out tonight looking to find some dumplings for dinner and accidentally wandered into the Muslim Market, a fantastic place that has more in common with Istanbul than Beijing. And we didn't have the fried squid on a stick - we had soup dumplings!! I have to admit that a fair bit of soup escaped mine due to inept chopstick technique but I collected it in the bowl of chilli sauce and that was a real godsend. Hot, hot, hot!
Tomorrow is a museum day. Think we'll have had our fill by the end of it.