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The Cooking Class
Travel & Outdoors · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A food-obsessed traveller books a Bangkok cooking class and ends up in the market with its funniest teacher. A sizzling, laughing two-part travel romance of chilli, lime and a very sharp knife.
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“The Cooking Class” is a Travel & Outdoors story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 2 minutes of reading in total. Every character is 18 or older and every encounter is consensual. Start with Part 1 and use the Next part button at the end of each part, or pick a part from the list below.
- Part 1: Chilli. Maya books a Bangkok cooking class and is told to meet at dawn in a wet market. Somchai, the teacher, hands her a bag, a chilli and a challenge.
- Part 2: Night Market. After the final class, Somchai takes Maya through the night market of Bangkok, feeding her everything. On a quiet bridge over the canal, the evening sweetens.
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