604.Tim Ma's parents once opened a restaurant,which unfortunately closed.Ma's parents hoped he would become an engineer.They wanted financial security for their child.So Ma(1)
studying electrical engineering in college. But Ma wanted to(2)
the restaurant business after he'd done several engineering jobs.It was in his blood.After all,his parents had owned a Chinese restaurant,so had his uncle.Because of their own(3)
,his parents disapproved and asked Ma to think it over.Ma remained(4)
,though.He was going to do things differently since he learned from the major(5)
of his parents as restaurant owners- they knew little about cooking.So,at age 30 Ma(6)
to school-a cooking school.He determined to study the fundamentals of cooking in order that he could work as a(7)
in his own restaurant. When his first restaurant Maple Ave opened,he cooked,and even(8)
equipment because he had no repairman.Finally his long hours(9)
.Ma opened his fourth restaurant Kyiersan.For Ma,Kyiersan is a(10)
name.It comes from his old family name,Kyin,and the Chinese words for 1-3.The numbers(11)
his three children. "And I simply(12)
them all together and called it Kyiersan. "He(13)
his training in cooking with Chinese tradition to create new dishes.Part of Ma's success is due to the(14)