As true Beijingers, we spend our entire winter scoping out delicious hot pot. Before the heat swoops in to ruin our hunt, we were able to find a Taiwanese hot pot restaurant tucked away in Dawanglu's Winterless Center, next to Kro’s Nest. The 300-square-meter Black Knight can fit over 100 people spread out among tables for two, four, and small groups on the first floor, as well as in private rooms for larger groups on the second floor.
On the first floor
From the outside, it’s hard to tell if the venue is a bar or a restaurant, with large, glossy floor-to-ceiling windows. The confusion continues inside with Black Knight's Japanese gangster branding (its Chinese name, 黑武士 hēi wǔshì, means black Samurai or warrior) and Hennessy Cognac XO wall displays laid out side-by-side with leather sofas. Look closer though and you'll see that in fact the tables are kitted out for hot pot, the Black Knight name now over 35 years old having been launched in 1981 in Taipei by Shi Dade.
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Photos courtesy of Black Knight, Tracy Wang
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