La Cuisine (2022)

- Someone has a secret crush on the other for some time.
- Both series have a great, supportive friend group.
- The one is popular, the other one not so popular and insecure.

Both shows are BL's that feature a chef/aspiring chef who enjoys making Thai cuisine and the food is the driving force which brings the main couple closer.

Both are Thai BL romance dramas loosely focused on food and desert-preparing.
Atleast one of the male protagonists have a deep childhood-trauma that impaired his life and is connected with his motherly figure. One of the protagonists is painfully shy.
The gay guys have a female friend that can be and wants to be of help to them.

Both are Thai BLs that focus on food and romance.
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Both have a university setting. One of the MLs is socially awkward, the other very popular. Both dramas have a supportive circle of friends which includes a secondary BL pairing. In both, the other students post on social media about the main couple with some shipping them and others bullying the awkward ML, and a girl who has a crush on the popular ML posts things online to try to hurt the other ML.

In both series, one of the main characters uses food, especially Thai desserts, to win the heart of his love interest.
A romance between a cute guy and a cool guy

Both are BLs centered around food.
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cooking crush and la cuisine both are related to cooking
and both cooking crush and la cuisine are Thai series
and both are bl

Both are BL dramas centered around food.
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BL romance focusing on food and cooking where characters bond over their shared love of it. Short length drama . Similar in tone and feel.

BL drama where characters meet and fall in love over food and cooking. Similar tone, setting. Secondary character is in one sided love triangle.

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Both have a similar base story - university setting, a popular “hot” guy that everyone obsesses over and an innocent sweet “cute” guy that people can’t help but adore fall for each other. Friends are very supportive of them except for two-faced jealous immature girl that tries to sabotage their budding relationship going as far as spreading false rumors, stalking, hiring lackey(s) to help, and even physical violence.

Both are BLs in which one of the characters cooks and touches the heart of the other with his food, while the other ML is richer and more famous/popular.

Both are romances where characters meet due to the chef character making something and the other eating it. In both one of the characters has difficulty eating (eating disorder vs. preferences). Both dramas deal with bullying and the emotional consequences.