This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans

GURLLLLLL, hold my iced coffee because we need to talk about this series!

First of all, I don’t even like Pon. Yeah, I said it. Didn’t vibe with him in Pit Babe, thought he was giving serious, mysterious, “I’m-too-cool-for-you” energy, and I was like, “Nah, I’m good.” BUT THIS SERIES? WHO IS THIS MAN, AND WHY IS HE SO FREAKING ADORABLE?? Like, Pon as Plawan? Sir, you did NOT have to slay this hard.

Plawan is a walking disaster. This boy is clumsy, clueless, and trying to be a model when literally no one—including himself—believes in it. And then Methas comes in all shady, like, “Yo, help me win this competition so I can take down Chef Oab,” and Plawan’s like, “Sure, what could go wrong?” Baby, EVERYTHING. That’s what could go wrong. But Pon’s acting? ICONIC. He had me feeling like I was sitting at the next table sipping tea and live-streaming their mess. It’s giving reality TV in HD.

Now, about the SPICE: GURLLLLL. THE SEXUAL TENSION IS TENSIONING. Methas and JJ? I don’t care what anyone says, they’re BOTH tops in my mind because the power struggle? CHEFS KISS. But can we just pause and talk about the side pairing for a second? Because let’s be real—they’re the main course. Kluea, my sweet baby angel, deserved the world. The drama with Oab and Plawan acting like Kluea’s heart isn’t a punching bag? Unacceptable. GIVE THAT BOY A HUG.

Speaking of Oab—sir, you are the PETTIEST MAN ALIVE. Opening a whole restaurant out of spite? I hate you, but also, I’m in love with you. His soft moments with Plawan made me want to ugly cry into my noodles. BUT THEN, they’d turn around and rub their happy little situationship in Kluea’s face, and I was like, “Y’all better be grateful I’m not Kluea because I’d throw hands.”

Now, let’s talk aesthetics: THE FOOD. Sweet Jesus, the food shots are illegal. Every dish looked like it belonged on a Food Network show, and now I’m starving. And can I just say, Pad Kra Pao has never looked sexier? I don’t know if I want to date it or eat it.

Aon as Kluea? BABY. His acting has room to grow, but the vibes? They’re immaculate. He reminds me of Seng, but softer and more chaotic. The love triangle was juicy, but I wanted more mess! Like, give me screaming matches, broken plates, and dramatic exits. Instead, we got “Oops, we’re in love now” energy, which is fine, but WHERE’S THE CHAOS??

Overall, this series had me screaming, crying, throwing up—and also snacking because the food scenes are THAT good. Would I rewatch? Uhhh, for the food and maybe to simp over Plawan’s adorable disaster self. And if you don’t watch it for the plot, at least watch it for the sexual tension that could slice through steel. Okay, I’m done. BYEEEE! 🍜🔥✨

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Watch this because the trailer looks interesting. Turn out Alan & Jeff from pit babe. Ok let's discuss drama…

Story about Oab & Plawan. Oab is a famous chef, one day, in need of money & lost motivation for his cooking, he decided to sell his restaurant. But since his restaurant is in a strategic place, many money making developers try to buy the restaurant just for its location, they plan to destroy the restaurant itself. Not willing to back down, Oab announced to the world he was looking for the successor of his restaurant, the requirements: they needed to have money to buy the restaurant from him… So with that the competition for the successor of the restaurant began…

Plawan is a model / food blogger, who loves Thai basil stir-fry. He tried many restaurants for their Thai basil stir-fry. One day he got kicked out of Oab’s restaurant because he's noisy, so Plawan decided to take ‘revenge’ when he saw Oab’s announcement for his successor. The only problem is, Plawan CAN'T cook. But since he was determined to get into the competition, he started to learn to cook Thai basil stir-fry. And in the end he successfully entered the competition…

Methas is one of the money making developers who try to buy Oab’s restaurant. Since Plawan didn't have the money to buy the restaurant from Oab, Plawan made a deal with Methas. With the help of Plawan’s friend, JJ, Plawan will receive the money in parts for every stage in the competition. If he fails, he must return the money to Methas.

So, how well will Plawan do in the competition?

That’s pretty much the story. Now what I like and don’t like.
What I like:
+ The chemistry between Pon Thanapon Aiemkumchai & Sailub Hemmawich Kwanamphaiphan. Quite surprised to see Pon as Plawan. It’s quite a different character from Jeff in Pit Babe.
+ The stupid love story between JJ & Methas. Their relationship is the definition of getting yelled at until you fall for it… Haha… Yeah, JJ is quite different from all Methas acquaintances. JJ never sucked up to Methas even though he has the money.
+ JJ is really a good friend, even to the point of stupid, for Plawan.

What I don’t like:
- Everything like it’s already destined or scripted.
- They completely forget the fact that Oab look for his successor that have MONEY.... Never once Oab ask the one join the competition about their finance

Overall this quite good story to watch….

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Fun to watch, hard to love.

Overall it was a very funny lakorn, I can't say I didn't like it at all, but I think they didn't put all their effort in this one's plot.
I hoped they developed more the MethasJJ even if they were the second couple, somehow I think something went missing.
I tried so hard to like Kluea as a character, but they made him too petty (kinda felt dejavu of Way in PitBabe) and sadly I couldn't symphatize with him 'cause I really hate some attitudes, such as the "just let me hug/kiss you when you can't say no".
Same with Khaosuay, she was kinda cute at first, but then they decided to give to her character all the worst romcom cliches so you cloudn't be on her side not even for 1 sec.
By the way, I've always said that if I can hate a character is because the acting skill of the actor are quite good so I'm not putting my hate on Aon nor Belle, I simply felt that they could've avoid some weird details on their characters but they both did a good job.
In the end, I enjoyed watching it all and I never postponed it, so I can't say I don't recommend it, but there are better BL lakorn than this.
Briefly: acting was good, the chemistry between the actors was there, they could've develop everything better, but this is still a 8 episodes series, so if you're looking for a funny romcom with a light plot, give it a try!

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i don't eat long beans and i love this love

I really enjoyed this series!! Pon definitely suits playing a silly and clumsy lead! I'm not usually a fan of love triangles, however I appreciate the way in which it all plays out.

The one thing that I didn't particularly like was the ending. It felt a little rushed and didn't really feel too emotional?
Oab opens a restaurant next to his old one after finding out the truth about why Plawan entered his cooking competition in the first place, yet when it was resolved suddenly the restaurant was gone??? And the resolution in general I feel lacked a true story. It more so felt like a dad telling his kid "I'm not mad, just disappointed." It didn't add much to the story and I would have loved to see more talking through it all to make sense of it. I wish we could've seen more of Oab processing the situation after hearing the truth instead of really only seeing Plawan's side. Like why did Oab decide to order from the restaurant? What was his true reaction after Plawan just delivered it and said nothing more. Just would have liked to see both perspectives!

Overall, I enjoyed the series a lot and love these two so much!

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Spy-Pon Chemistry is Explosive

The title “This Love Doesn’t Have Long Beans” is based on the Thai dish Pad Kaprao. It is a popular dish that some believe traditionally comprises meat, holy basil leaves, chili, and fish sauce. However, there has been some controversy over these ingredients as others prefer to make their Pad Kaprao with chopped long beans, baby corn, and mushrooms.

In “This Love Doesn’t Have Long Beans”, Pad Kaprao is more than just a dish, it’s a way of life. As the series unfolds, we discover the motivations, and passions of Plawan, Oab, and the rest of the ensemble. The show blends humor with heartfelt moments that together create a “flavorful” series. Here are 3 things I loved and hated about the show.

Read the complete article here-

https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/08/27/this-love-doesnt-have-long-beans-series-review-ep-3-to-8/

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Does love really make you blind

To start off, the 1st EP is extremely hard to watch, it almost made me want to drop the series but I kept watching because of Plawan (Pon). I am aware that every time he (character not the actor) was on screen it was insufferable but something in me kept me watching. One thing to note, usually when there is a character that is lying to their future partner I tend to feel bad and root for the main lead. I FELT THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE. I was actively waiting and hoping for his downfall. Wan had so many chances to redeem himself and tell the truth but the fact that he didn't until he got revealed is crazy to me. I felt the most bad for Klu because you can tell he really wanted to take care of the restaurant and wanted to make friends. Honestly Wan and him wouldn’t have been such a bad couple. THE REAL REASON I WANTED TO WRITE A REVIEW, as I stated before I was hoping and waiting for Wan's downfall but I was shocked beyond words at not only the results of the comp (I lowkey felt like Wan was going to win anyway bc of plot armor) but the confrontation of Chef and Wan. *SPOILERS AHEAD* What do you mean you found that your lover was in cahoots with your enemy and proceeded to have a NC scene, this show must be a complete joke. I understand at the end of EP they were going to eventually make up but I just don’t understand how someone's first thought after being betrayed is to get intimate. AM I GOING CRAZY?? After seeing Wan downfall (depressed puppy mode), I was a little bit satisfied. Wan "learned" his lesson and found a new passion. Overall, this show is definitely something, I would say watch with your own discretion. It's actually funny in the lighthearted moments and I can see the effort being put into this show.

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Better than expected

This was better than expected, but overall it's still an average, typical thai romcom BL.

Let me start with this: I am SO glad that Supanut was not in this series, because I was able to focus on the cast (unlike in Pit Babe, where I only saw, felt, loved, hated Way, thanks for that Nut)...

All in all, I already kind of made notes of Benz, Sailub and Lee in Pit Babe, so I was happy to see all of the here.

CAST:
I loved everyone, except Pon's character... I think I've seen almost all of Pon's work, and I yet have to see a character of his that I like. Nothing against Pon, he is OK, but his characters just irritate me...

The rest, I was having a blast with. Benz is a new addition to my fav list, and I loved Methas so much! His happy smile was everything, I would re-watch the whole series just to see him happy again. Benz's acting is very very balanced, I loved watching all of Methas' sides (loved how layered this character was, not the usual black and white villain).

Garfield took me in fast too, surprisingly, because in Pit Babe he was a bit meh for me, but loved him here. His acting and their chemistry with Benz was FIRE...

Sailub, OMG I already loved Alan but Oab? His acting was just sooooo on point, his range of emotions he can display only with his eyes is amazing, and he's got great comic timing too. Another addition to my fav actor list.

Lee... I just love him. I need to see him in a lead role, any role (REALLY looking forward to I am the most beautiful count). SO TALENTED, I'd say second best to Supanut in this bunch (fight me, idc but Supanut is a superior actor, and not just under Change2561 but all in all, and no one can convince me otherwise).

STORY:
It was ok, there were some scenes I cringed or just fast forwarded a bit (boring, filler etc etc), but I am glad I watched this series, it did make me laugh and I enjoyed it.
The first few episodes were a bit of a drag, but once they got into the stories, it picked up.

Despite the averageness, I still think Change2561 is producing quality stuff, the direction is ok, picture and sound too, and music was also ok, esp the songs not sung by the cast members... (sorry, but I will never understand why the thai BL industry must force these boys to sing, even the ones, who CAN'T... it should be normalized for these boys / men to NOT sing).

The main couple had one problem for me: Wan... his character REALLY irritated me, but Pon and Sailub's chemistry was great, and it helped a lot tbh, but not enough apparently, because the second couple took the show for me, I ADORED them every second they were on screen.

Sorry for the messy review, it's almost midnight and I just finished watching it.

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This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans is a title long enough to make me excited with what the story is about and consider me pleasantly surprised because I really like this one. I will be honest and say that I am slowly losing interest in watching BL from Thailand but they are the main country who is doing them justice because despite of the good shows they are spewing is a ton of really shitty shows so I am always glad to find ones that are actually good and are presenting a really good story worth exploring. Lucking, This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans is one of them. I want to talk about the title first because this is a really long title and I am really happy with what they did here. The reason being is that they chose a title that will instantly pique your interest as a viewer as what the story is about. It is not a name combination or a something weird or cheesy. Instead, it is something that is carefully thought out and may not be central but served enough relevance to the story to make it worth watching. The story on the other hand is pretty basic haters to lovers trope when Plawan decided to enter a competition where he really knew nothing about just for the money that he will be getting from the rival of the boss so the secret and the main problem was already established but the supposed villain of the story is actually the secondary couple in the show together with Plawan’s bestfriend so he may not be that bad which will lead to you thinking that there will be an easier resolution for the main problem and the betrayal aspect is the only one that would make things worse here and it did. Oab learned about this betrayal and he knew about it long time now but I have to say that I am still surprised with where the story went because it had pretty interesting way of handling the story. They did not rush us towards the ending or at least that is what they think. I still feel rushed and it needed longer healing time but I can somehow forgive them because they were able to establish the relationship of Oab and Plawan smoothly by making us watch the love story slowly grow. This is what made it worth it for me because we got the main storyline going while the relationship is blossoming so that it did not have much things that confused the shit out of me in this. Instead, we got a good beginning to the relationship to actually respect the way that they are communicating. They are communicating with each other really well. It is not perfect but good enough to make you notice and root for them and this is why I did. I am happy with what they did and where they went. I also have huge crush on JJ. I love him.

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