A recently aquainted Russian friend of mine has invited me to dinner at his house, it's fairly formal... What greeting do I use(his friends will also be there and they're Russian as well)? Which form of "how are you?" do I use? How do I compliment the food and home? Just the basics, I'm kind of nervous... I don't feel that I speak Russian very well but he insists that I try to use Russian to the best of my abilities... Spasibo!!