Their fingers scrabble for purchase as the earth yaws, but find little in the smooth and ergonomic lines of their illuminated keyboards.

It is unlikely that we will be open this weekend, given the staggering amount of food that needs to be prepared. I had forgotten how big the actual Nanika menu is. There are hundreds of tubs crowding every conceivable horizontal surface, currently empty but destined to hold various sauces, pickled vegetables, meat mince, noodles, vegetables, and powders. Just an absurd amount of tubs. They're like ... everywhere. So we will begin prep tomorrow, and work through Thursday night. If it seems feasible to open on Friday then we will. If not, we will possibly do a Sunday night trial run for the newbies, or just patch it until next weekend when we can properly serve you, all tubs and hands on deck.

That is the tentative re-opening menu. As always, something will be unavailable along the supply chain, an electrical appliance will explode, or or someone will trip and spill a 25 liter tub of noodles down The Hole to form some sort of Tim Burton-esque art project, necessitating last-minute alterations to the available offerings, but it will definitely hew along these lines. And, as we are incapable of doing less when MORE is an option, there will be specials as well, which we will post in due course.

This weekend or next. Keep an eye on this here space for details.