"Eating at Lapis is a DC brunch rite of passage. The Afghan restaurant in Adams Morgan is full of AU students who have spent a decade on their dissertation research, loudly talking about the merits of Bryon and Shakespeare. Don’t let that deter you, though, because the smoky rosewater cardamom pancakes are both beautiful and fantastic. Instead of ordering the brunch special (your choice of a pastry, entree, and sweet for $35), get a stack of those pancakes and the pumpkin bolani, which is served with a sunny-side up egg during brunch." - mekita rivas, omnia saed, tristiana hinton