NEW YORK – New York City's newest restaurant is owned by a Filipino-American chef, an up and coming star in the Big Apple food scene.

When Chef Jordan Andino was 11 years old, his dream was to open a restaurant in New York City by the time he was 25. At 27, this Fil-Am celebrity chef is seeing his dreams come true.

Last May, Andino opened his first restaurant called 2nd City in New York City’s West Village.

"It's Amasian, meaning American-Asian cuisine. We're a Filipino taqeria, fast casual concept," he said.

This Filipino-inspired taqeria aims to introduce unique Filipino flavors using familiar vessels such as tacos, burritos and bowls.

"We're definitely not trying at all to be traditional Filipino. The Filipino purist would hate this place," he said.

Andino said 2nd City’s recipes were inspired by his grandmother.

"The tacos, it’s like a fish taco barracuda and short rib, with some bokchoi and some pickled chili, what no one knows is that the main sauce on it is sinigang. I reduced a sinigang and it always tastes good. No one knows, but if you’re Filipino and you have it and you’re oh, it tastes like sinigang," he said.

2nd City favorites include "Adoborito."

"Adobo in a burrito, I would have it with a suka, it’s really good," he said.

"Plan-b-rito" is the Pinoy favorite longganisa with ham, egg, bacon, cheese and hash brown rolled into one burrito.

While the Filipino food movement is having its moment, so is chef Andino.

Andino was recently featured as one of the "Rock Stars Redefining the Industry” in Zagat’s 30 under 30.

This Pinoy celebrity chef was born in Canada, raised in California, and classically trained in Napa and New York.

Part of his success is starting young. He already had 13 years kitchen experience thanks to his father’s restaurant.

"At 9 years, I would start swatting flies, peeling shrimp, taking out the garbage, cleaning the trashcan, sweeping and mopping the back, literally, summer-winter from 9 years old to 17 that’s all I would do," he said.

With great skills and good looks, he became a celebrity Chef on TV.

"18 television episodes of cooking competitions, bravo, that one and I cooked for the Kardashians, but honestly all of that doesn’t really help in terms of like my skills, it helps with pressure, I can handle pressure more," he said.

Chef Jordan said his journey does not end with 2nd City, it’s only the beginning.

"What I envisioned is refining Filipino food to the point of Michelin star cuisine, that’s what I envisioned," he said.

Chef Andino’s dream for 2nd City is to have a second city in every second city in the United States.

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