Sotteville Sur Mer, France
La Valé Normande
La Valé Normande sits on the Place de la Libération in Sotteville-sur-Mer, a small coastal village on the Normandy chalk-cliff coast where the surrounding landscape has long shaped what ends up on the plate. In a region where dairy, apple orchards, and the English Channel define the pantry, this is a dining room that draws its identity from its address rather than from imported trends. It belongs to a tradition of French provincial cooking that remains thoroughly rooted in place.
