In English when somebody offers you something or invites you somewhere you can
just say "yes" or you can answer more enthusiastically in a pretty standard
colloquial manner like this:

  * Would you like to go out for dinner on Saturday night?  
**I'd love to!**

  * Do you want a bowl of this soup that I just cooked?  
**I'd love to!**

I've asked a local but he doesn't really understand the nuance I'm trying to
capture and offers me phrases that are more like the literal translation of "I
want to eat too".

Is there something colloquial and enthusiastic that's better than what my
local friend has suggested?
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Enthusiastically accepting an offer or invitation
> Would you like to go out for dinner on Saturday night? I'd love to.

ええ。そうしましょう。

> Do you want a bowl of this soup that I just cooked? I'd love to.

はい。お願いします。

Although they look like offers, but they are the “standard” “textbook-style”
ways to accept offers. I see people use the adverb ぜひ to emphasize they are
“glad” to accept.
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The word that we often use to express enthusiasm is 「[是非]{ぜひ}」= "by all
means".

> 「是非[行]{い}きます！」,「是非行きたいです！」,「是非行きましょう！」, 「是非行こう！」, etc.
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> You can add 「あ」 or 「あっ」 in front of 「是非」, too.

To express even more enthusiasm, you could use 「[絶対]{ぜったい}」 or 「[必]{かなら}ず」 in
place of 「是非」.
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