I spent women’s month with the wonderful ladies at Pergola’s Brew last March 8, 2025! It’s an afternoon filled with laughter, food, and beauty. But, the star of the afternoon was obviously the “French Macaron Painting”.
The event was priced at P1000 per person inclusive of 6 macarons, a tray of pastries + hors d’oeuvre and the food painting supplies.
Painting on macarons is pretty much like watercolor- minus the water. You control or dilute the washes with vodka because the alcohol evaporates instead of sinking inside the macaron. Once I accidentally used water to dilute my food grade paint and my macaron “shrunk” or deflated because of the water. (Imagine a piece of bread shrinking when you dunk it in hot coffee)
My friend and I chose to paint landscapes on the macarons. In our opinion, it’s best to paint on beige or white colored macarons so the colors would stay true to their hue. I tried painting on a green macaron and the colors didn’t genuinely show up unless it is darker than the surface.
Thank you so much for reading!
Penny Tan 
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