I know the first time that a friend of mine told me that we were going to their favorite stewed pork leg restaurant my reaction was "you have a favorite pork leg restaurant?"
I guess it just never occurred to me that anyone would eat that, let alone look forward to it. This was many years ago when I was still a recent international traveler and had never really experienced food options outside of USA supermarkets. I am relatively certain that for the most part they don't even sell that there.
Obviously this is not the entire pork leg, but just pieces of it. However, they do have it hanging up in the glass display box if you are an expert and want to investigate the quality of their stewed pork leg before ordering. It is normally served with some greens of various kinds (I think these are morning glory...but don't hold me to that) and some sort of picked vegetable (again, i'm not really sure what it is but it doesn't mater because the pickling overpowers the taste of whatever the vegetable is.)
The end result is just delightful. The pork is super-tender and the juices from it mix with the other flavors on the plate just wonderfully. The little bowl there is a spicy sauce and there is a reason why they give you so little of it: If you use too much of it, it will completely overpower the other flavors in your spoon. The egg is there because I dunno... but i ate it
Normally the places that sell this sort of fare don't look like much and will normally have folding tables with plastic chairs around them but this actually is just fine with me. The absence of expensive furniture means that the food will be super-cheap (this plate was just over $1.)
It wasn't a huge portion and for me anyway would be considered more of a snack than a meal. However, after NINJA SCHOOL i needed something to eat from all that exercise.
While these places exist all over the country (a bit less in the Muslim south) I will provide the coordinates of this particular place HERE.
If you are ever in Chiang Mai you will almost certainly be staying near the city center in the moat area, so this place will not be a long walk for you.
If you don't get Khao Ka Moo here, get it somewhere, because even though it sounds strange you really should give a try. Unless you have some sort of hangup towards pork, I can all but guarantee you will enjoy it.