This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans (รักนี้ไม่มีถั่วฝักยาว) 2024 Thai BL series poster from Change2561

This Love Doesn’t Have Long Beans

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What happens

This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans is a Thai Boys' Love comedy drama adapted from Ninepinta's novel. Its title comes from an argument over pad kra pao, the Thai stir-fry whose authentic version contains no long beans.

Chef Oab (Sailub Hemmawich Kwanamphaiphan) is cooking inside a restaurant succession contest. Plawan, called Whale (Pon Thanapon Aiemkumchai), a former model, arrives in that contest carrying an agenda he has not declared. Methas (Benz Atthanin Thaninphanuwiwat) and JJ (Garfield Pantach Kankham) make up the second pairing.

Plawan comes from a trade where the surface is the product, and Oab is judged on something that has to be tasted before it can be assessed. Putting one inside the other's kitchen sets the central relationship against a contest that tests authenticity under time pressure.

Change2561 produced the series and Nui Suttasit directed. Eight episodes ran on Fridays at 22:15 on Channel One31 from 5 July to 23 August 2024, with an uncut edition on iQIYI the same night. Netflix added it internationally in 2026.

Runtimes range from 46 minutes to 82 for the finale, which was screened in a cinema for roughly a thousand fans alongside the four leads. The novel was serialised on WebNovel and placed in the top three at the WebNovel Spirity Awards 2022 from more than 99,000 entries.

CONTENT DETAILS

Native Title
รักนี้ไม่มีถั่วฝักยาว
Original Title
This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans
Also Known As
รักนี้ไม่มีถั่วฝักยาว, Rak Ni Mai Mi Thua Fak Yao, TLDHLB
Adaptation
Adapted from the Thai novel รักนี้ไม่มีถั่วฝักยาว by Ninepinta (นายพินต้า). The novel was serialised on WebNovel, an international online serial-fiction platform, rather than issued by a book publisher, and was one of the top three winners of the WebNovel Spirity Awards 2022 from a field of more than 99,000 entries.
Genres
ComedyDramaRomance
Themes
BL
Key Themes
Culinary CompetitionHidden AgendaDeceptionFamily BusinessThai Food CultureSecond Lead Romance
Country
Thailand
Language
Thai
Networks
iQIYINetflixOne31
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
Duration
46-82 min
Aired Start
Aired End
Release Year
2024
Content Rating
MA
Production Co
Change2561

NEWS

Where to watch This Love Doesn’t Have Long Beans

NetflixiQIYI

MAIN CAST & CHARACTERS

Hemmawich Kwanamphaiphan
Hemmawich Kwanamphaiphan
Thanapon Aiemkumchai
Thanapon Aiemkumchai

Before You Watch

  • Eight episodes, Fridays at 22:15 on Channel One31, 5 July to 23 August 2024.
  • Two editions: an uncut edition went out on iQIYI the same night as each broadcast.
  • Change2561’s second Boys’ Love series after Pit Babe, with six of the nine cast members carried over.
  • The source novel placed top three at the WebNovel Spirity Awards 2022, out of more than 99,000 entries.
  • The director came from straight dramatic television. This was Nui Suttasit’s first Boys’ Love series.
  • Episode lengths run from 46 minutes to 82 for the finale, which was screened in a cinema to roughly a thousand fans alongside the four leads.

Reviewed by Renkaze

Let me start with the most important culinary fact in Thai BL: authentic pad kra pao does not contain long beans. Somebody, somewhere, is very upset about that, and This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans turns the argument into a whole romantic comedy. A chef, a former model with a secret plan, a restaurant succession contest, and a title that is basically a food rant.

Chef Oab Versus the Model With a Plan

Sailub Hemmawich Kwanamphaiphan plays Chef Oab, cooking his heart out in a contest that will decide a family restaurant's future. Pon Thanapon Aiemkumchai plays Plawan, nicknamed Whale, a former model who turns up with an agenda he is not sharing with anyone. One man's job was looking good. The other is judged on things you have to taste. Hidden agenda, culinary rivalry, workplace comedy that slides into romance: it is a very tasty recipe.

Pit Babe's Supporting Cast Gets Promoted

Here is the fun bit for Change2561 followers. This was the studio's second BL after Pit Babe, and six of the nine cast members came along. Sailub and Pon, who played Alan and Jeff on the racing team, step up to the leads, and Benz Atthanin Thaninphanuwiwat, Pit Babe's Kim, takes the second lead as Methas, paired with Garfield Pantach Kankham as JJ. It feels like a theatre troupe trying on new roles, and I am here for it.

Spicy Comedy, Rated MA

The mood is comic with drama simmering underneath, and the contest keeps everyone under pressure, since every kitchen scene is someone being judged. It is rated MA, so check that before a family movie night. Nui Suttasit directs, in a first BL after straight dramatic television, and the story comes from Ninepinta's novel, which placed in the top three at the WebNovel Spirity Awards 2022 out of more than 99,000 entries.

Order Up: Where and When

Eight episodes, Fridays at 22:15 on Channel One31 from 5 July to 23 August 2024, with an uncut edition on iQIYI the same night, and Netflix added it internationally in 2026. Episodes run from 46 minutes up to 82 for the finale, which was screened in a cinema for roughly a thousand fans with the four leads. My advice: do not watch on an empty stomach. You will want pad kra pao, beans or no beans.

LEAD & SIDE COUPLES

Hemmawich Kwanamphaiphan
Thanapon Aiemkumchai
Hemmawich KwanamphaiphanSailub PonThanapon Aiemkumchai
Since 2024● Current

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OFFICIAL TRAILER

OFFICIAL OST

Episode guide: This Love Doesn’t Have Long Beans

8 / 8 episodes aired · Completed
EP 1
05 Jul 2024
Aired
EP 2
12 Jul 2024
Aired
EP 3
19 Jul 2024
Aired
EP 4
26 Jul 2024
Aired
EP 5
02 Aug 2024
Aired
EP 6
09 Aug 2024
Aired
EP 7
16 Aug 2024
Aired
EP 8
23 Aug 2024
Aired

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is the joke in the title?

It turns on pad kra pao, the Thai stir-fry whose authentic version contains no long beans. The series asks at what point a substitution turns something into a different thing carrying the same name.

Who are the two central characters?

Chef Oab, played by Sailub Hemmawich Kwanamphaiphan, and Plawan, a former model called Whale, played by Pon Thanapon Aiemkumchai. Methas and JJ carry a second pairing alongside them.

Is it based on a novel?

Yes, on Ninepinta's Thai novel, serialised on WebNovel and a top-three winner of the WebNovel Spirity Awards 2022 from more than 99,000 entries.

When and where did it air?

Fridays at 22:15 on Channel One31, from 5 July to 23 August 2024, eight episodes in all, with an uncut edition on iQIYI the same night.

Can it be watched outside Thailand?

Yes. iQIYI carried it alongside the broadcast, and Netflix added it internationally in 2026.

Written and verified by Renkaze · Last updated 25 October 2026

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