Finding a Western Meal in Jiangyin, Wuxi

Finding non-Chinese food in a city may sound like a challenge, but Trip Advisor can helpful. It also can be notoriously incorrect. Sometimes, a restaurant can go out of business, and the profile on Trip Advisor will remain and become misleading. I have a rule that goes like this: most of what you read about China online is either inaccurate or out of date. That will likely apply to this post in about a year or two. 

Anyhow, I went to Jiangyin last Sunday to see if I could find some of the restaurants listed on Trip Advisor. Jiangyin is a small city to the north of Wuxi and to the east of Changzhou's Xinbei district. Getting there took one hour by bus. Here is a pictorial of my food search. 

Where I ended up eating wasn't near all of the other western restaurants. It was near Huangshanshu Park, which is one of Jiangyin's main tourist attractions. 

So, I was wandering around a new-to-me Chinese city, and I ended up eating beef quesadillas and lamb shanks. That, plus two Diet Cokes had my bill under 200 RMB. I would eat again at St. Marco next time I am in Jiangyin.