Hello everyone. I'm very excited to be accepted as a member. I would occasionally read chowhound, but a friend who is also a member here told me your forum was so much better and more substantive, and also focussed on just our wonderful DC/VA/MD area. So I am truly happy to explore and read your reviews and posts. I'm like most of you -- just love and appreciate excellent food and excellent dining experiences (whether simple and modest or lavish and extravagant). On that note, have to let you know that last week I hosted a friend's birthday dinner at Et Voila on MacArthur Blvd. The food was fantastic and the service was warm and attentive -- I highly recommend it. One of my friends tasted the risotto (with tomato and prawns), and said "I'd like to get in bed with that risotto!" It was such a great line. I'm told it can be noisy in there (we ourselves added to that no doubt), but it's a wonderful little restaurant and a real neighborhood gem for me. I'll be going twice this week!
