Tulane University alumnus Zac Hill is fusing Southern flavors with Japanese-style sandwiches at his new brick-and-mortar restaurant in the Bywater. Hill, who graduated with a degree in economics and management in 2019, opened the restaurant in May.
Shokupan, a soft, fluffy Japanese milk bread, is at the base of many of the restaurant’s sandwich offerings. Southern flavors such as Chantilly cream, muscadines and Bama-style barbeque sauce showcase Hill’s Alabama upbringing.
Hill said he prides himself on using homemade ingredients, from the milk bread to pickled red onions and sesame slaw dressing…