This dish was born during the Korean War, when South Korean soldiers were introduced to American military rations for the first time. ... Dylan Dreyer's Tortilla Soup. See More. More Entrées.

Heo and other Korean workers would cook for the U.S. Army by day, then take leftovers home. She fried the meat with rice. Some government workers suggested she turn it into a soup, so she added a ...

Name of restaurant: Gonjiam (sometimes spelled Gon Ji Am), which is named after a neighborhood of Gwangju city in Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi Province), Korea.

With the dish’s success, Heo turned her humble stand into a restaurant and opened Odeng Sikdang in 1960. Soon, restaurants serving the dish began to pop up near US military bases across the country.