Mr Wang's Butcher is a neighbourhood butcher shop at 3/252 Oteha Valley Rd in Albany, on Auckland's North Shore, rated 4.4 from 74 Google reviews. Reviewers single out the wagyu and the hotpot meats, and often describe a clean, tidy shop with keen, conscientious staff.
A good butcher cuts to order and can tell you which piece suits the pan, the grill or the pot, slicing thin against the grain when the dish calls for it — the difference between tender and chewy. For hotpot at home, that thin slicing matters more than almost anything, so it pays to say what you are cooking and let the butcher steer you. Regulars ask what came in freshest that day and build the meal around the answer.
For North Shore cooks after good meat for the grill or the hotpot, Mr Wang's on Oteha Valley Rd is a handy local stop.