Pure Vanilla: Recipe for Romance

1/2/2025

Sometimes one more ingredient is needed. At the end of my review of ”Pure Vanilla”, the prequel of this short film, I wrote that ”I would love to see the lead actors in a full-fledged BL series”. Well, this isn't a full series, but a movie about double the runtime of the prequel, so I say thank you to cast and crew for making my wish to see the lead actors again come true. ”Pure Vanilla: Recipe for Romance” is the second short film about Gabriel, the owner of a café, and his assistant Charlie, who've had a crush on each other for some time, but are too shy to confess (although they did kiss at the end of the prequel). For guys like them, sometimes one more ingredient is needed to complete the "recipe for romance", in other words to make them realize that they love each other, and to