Acadiana chefs tend to be known for big meals and bigger flavors, whether they’re slinging pizzas or dishing up nationally recognized Creole soul food.
But these chefs, from top-rated local spots like Vestal, Laura’s II and Café Habana City, also know a great sandwich. They also know that the best sandwiches aren’t the ones with the fanciest pedigree. Instead, the perfect sandwich is one that reminds you of a place, feeling or memory that can’t be replicated — maybe it’s sandy PB&Js at the beach or leftover Thanksgiving turkey between slices of Evangeline Maid.
My personal favorite sandwich — after the Acadian Superette’s Reuben — doesn’t really have a specific name or culinary provenance. It’s “Butterbrot” in Germany, or “butter bread,” and has similarly derived titles in the surrounding countries. It’s a basic open-faced sandwich…