Primero X Rapaz: A Spanish night to remember (Copy)

Madrid’s Basque supper club comes to Copenhagen
Andoni Arias of Rapaz in Madrid takes over the kitchen at Primero on Wednesday 18 November for a six-course dinner, with the two kitchens taking turns to serve.

On Wednesday 18 November, the French-Spanish restaurant Primero in Østerbro, Copenhagen, gets a visit from Madrid. Andoni Arias, the chef behind the small restaurant Rapaz in the Mercado de los Mostenses, will cook a one-night dinner together with Primero’s head chef, Albert Armenteros.

Rapaz has just ten seats at a shared counter. Even so, since it opened in 2024 it has become one of the places in Madrid to go for traditional northern Spanish cooking: stews, offal, game and honest, familiar flavours. The menu changes constantly and never repeats a dish.

Andoni is Basque, and Rapaz is built on the spirit of the txoko, the Basque gastronomic society, where friends cook for each other and eat together for hours at one long table. That is the atmosphere he is bringing to Copenhagen.

“At Rapaz, it’s all about eating together and food that really tastes of something. I’m looking forward to cooking with Albert and showing Copenhagen how we eat in the Basque Country,” says Andoni Arias.

“Andoni cooks exactly the kind of food we love ourselves: honest, generous and full of flavour. It’s a real pleasure to welcome him to Østerbro,” says Morten Køster, owner of Primero.

The dinner has six courses, served in turn by Rapaz and Primero:

• Roasted tomato broth with salted Danish mackerel · Rapaz

• Pulpo (octopus) with baked potato purée, gambas and gamba bisque with Pimentón de la Vera DOP · Primero

• Cod kokotxas (the tender throat of the cod) al pil-pil · Rapaz

• Ibérico pork cheeks braised in red wine · Primero

• Slow-roasted duck with Tolosa beans · Rapaz

• Cheesecake with Pedro Ximénez and cherries · Primero

Facts
Rapaz x Primero
Wednesday 18 November 2026, from 17:30
Primero, Dag Hammarskjölds Allé 1B, 2100 Copenhagen Ø
Price: DKK 695 per person
Limited seats. Book here

About Primero
Primero is a French-Spanish restaurant, cocktail and wine bar in Østerbro, close to Østerport Station. It opened earlier this year and is run by Morten Køster, who ran Restaurant No1 in Århusgade for almost 20 years, and Bayedy Sey, who is behind Primero’s ambitious cocktail list and its cocktail masterclasses. The kitchen is led by Barcelona-trained chef Albert Armenteros.