"Lao Shu Ai Da Mi"

I’m still in the process of watching this romantic-comedy on TV. It stars Ambrose Zhu as Mi Yang / Rice and Tammy Chen as Qun Qun who were also the lead in “Lavander.” “Lao Shu Ai Da Mi,” literally translated as “Mice Loves Big Rice”, is a love story set on a resort.

Here, Ambrose plays Mi Yang, the handsome resort manager who has a cute and mischievous adopted daughter, Minnie. Tourist guide Qun Qun is his love interest who is also being wooed by the resort’s gigolo gym instructor/lifeguard Fei Yang (I dunno his real name but he was also in the series “Lavander”).

For commercial airing here in the Philippines, it is titled “Mouse Loves Rice.” So at first, I didn’t understand why the title. In early part, Minnie says that his foster father’s love for Qun Qun is like “mouse love for rice.” So I thought that’s the reason behind the title. But later, I discovered that the real title is “Mice Loves Big Rice,” with the word big before rice. In the beginning, I thought Minnie is not serious when she is saying that he wants to marry Mi Yang, his foster father. But when she starts to be seriously jealous with girls who show interest towards Mi Yang, that’s when I find out that Mi Yang and Minnie are the ones being referred to in the title. Minnie is sometimes called Minnie Mouse here and Mi Yang is called Rice Cake by another girl who got a crush on him. So there you go, got the connection. Very brilliant.

I also agree with other people who have watched this series that Minnie is kinda’ annoying. She feels that she is already grown-up, hahah! Actually, she can really pass as Ambrose’s daughter because they look alike.

Anyhow, hope to see more Ambrose and Tammy team-up.

* photo credit to TF