Tortilla Vendor at Fuzhou Night Market

Damp concrete underfoot reflects the yellow spill of distant street lamps against a heavy, overcast midnight sky. Beside a stainless steel fish counter lined with ice, a vendor presses round corn dough flat on a smoking cast iron comal. Steam rises visibly from the hot surface, curling into the cool early autumn air. The vendor's hands move with practiced rhythm, shaping the dough while plastic bags and woven baskets sit nearby. Overhead, corrugated metal roofing shelters the stall from the damp. The edge of a wet plastic sheet in the foreground frames the view, blurring slightly as moisture clings to its surface. One tortilla turns golden brown at the rim.