New London restaurant and bar openings, October 2012 Food writer and chef Gizzi Erskine launches a Korean pop-up restaurant 'K Town' at Concrete beneath Pizza East in Shoreditch this month. The menu is designed for sharing and guests will be invited to sit on long tables, where dishes will be served as and when they are ready. Diners will also be able to watch live performances throughout their meals, including shows by Korean drag queens, Rockabilly bands and special guest DJs. Dinner tickets cost £35 and the pop-up opens from October 10-12; the event doesn't provide a vegetarian menu. Outlaw's Seafood & Grill at the Capital, Knightsbridge Cornwall-based chef Nathan Outlaw, best known for his restaurant Outlaw's Seafood & Grill in Rock, brings his seafood expertise to the capital with the opening of Outlaw's Seafood & Grill at The Capital in The Capital hotel Knightsbridge. Fans of the original restaurant can expect the same focus on carefully prepared, ecologically sound dishes but the London-based restaurant will source its catches from throughout the UK, not just from the Cornish coast. The restaurant opened on October 2. Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack, Bloomsbury Those who remember the Seafood Shack pop-up restaurant that opened in Hackney last year may be interested to know that it opens permanently this month as Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack in Foley St. Head chef is Luke Robinson (previously of Fifteen) and he presides over a menu that changes daily, brunch will be served on weekends and there will be a raw bar on site serving oysters and shellfish. It opens on October 9. Karaoke Box, Smithfield A relaunch rather than an opening, spruced-up Karaoke Box Smithfield has now been refurbished and again welcomes the public from October 8. Naamyaa Café, Angel The man behind Wagamama, Busaba Eathai, Yauatcha and Hakkasan, Alan Yau presents his latest dining establishment this month. Opening in Angel, Naamyaa Café is a Bangkok-style café offering Thai street food and Western café staples - Naamyaa refers to the sauce that is cooked in traditional terracotta pots to be eaten with kanom jin - fresh rice noodles, a core offering on the menu. The venue is billed as a sister restaurant to Busaba Eathai and opens on October 22. Artist breakfasts at 45 Park Lane, Hyde Park A temporary event rather than a restaurant opening - but interesting enough to warrant a mention - the A Brush with the Artist series at 45 Park Lane invites art lovers to breakfast at the hotel, where an artist whose works adorn the building will discuss their work with assembled guests. Some sessions include private shows of works, studio tours (with transfers included where applicable) and book signings. The sessions are held from October 9 - 14.