Named for the oasis – the green, watered haven in the desert, one of the most powerful images of refuge and refreshment
Oasis Bar & Terrace at Canary Wharf holds three hundred and five reviews and a 4.3 – a solid score on a good sample – and it carries a beautiful and evocative name of refuge and refreshment: the oasis, the green, watered haven in the desert, one of the most powerful and appealing images of refreshment and rest.
The desert haven
An “oasis” is a place of water and greenery in the midst of a desert – a fertile, watered haven where springs or wells bring life to the barren sand, so that palm trees, plants and life can flourish. It is one of the most powerful and beautiful images in all of human experience – the green, life-giving haven in the midst of the harsh, dry, lifeless desert. For the desert traveller, the oasis is salvation and joy – the place of water, shade, rest and refreshment after the burning, waterless wastes; the goal of the caravan, the meeting-place of the desert routes, the precious green jewel in the vast sea of sand. The oasis is life, water, rest and refuge, in the midst of hardship and thirst.
The image of refuge and refreshment
Because of this, “oasis” has become one of the most powerful metaphors for any haven of refreshment, rest and relief – any welcome place of respite in the midst of difficulty, hardship or dreariness. We speak of an “oasis of calm” in a busy day, an “oasis of green” in a concrete city, an “oasis” of any welcome refreshment in the midst of the parched and the difficult. It is a beautiful and appealing metaphor – the green, watered, restful haven, offering refreshment and relief. For a bar to name itself “Oasis” is to claim exactly this appealing role – a haven of refreshment and rest, a green and welcoming oasis in the midst of the busy, demanding day. It promises cool drinks, restful surroundings, and welcome relief – the oasis of refreshment after the desert of work.
The oasis of Canary Wharf
The name is especially apt at Canary Wharf – for the great towers of the Wharf, that gleaming forest of glass and steel, can feel like a kind of modern desert of hard surfaces, relentless work and towering pressure. In the midst of this high-pressure world of finance and business, a bar named “Oasis,” with its terrace, offers exactly what the name promises – a green, restful, refreshing haven in the midst of the corporate desert, a place to escape the pressure and find rest, refreshment and relief. The “Terrace” of the name adds the promise of open air, sunshine and greenery – the outdoor haven, the restful terrace, the green oasis amid the towers. It is a genuinely apt and appealing name for a Canary Wharf bar – the refreshing oasis in the desert of the working day.
There is real warmth and appeal in the image – the cool, green, restful haven, offering refreshment and relief after the parching demands of work. The solid score suggests a genuinely good and popular venue, delivering exactly the refreshing, restful haven its name promises. The Prat’s desk, weary from its labours in the naming and history departments, gratefully accepts the oasis, and orders something long and cool on the terrace.
The bar
A solid, well-regarded terrace bar doing a fair 4.3 across a good sample, evocatively named “Oasis Bar & Terrace” – after the green, watered haven of the desert, a place of refuge and refreshment amid the towers of Canary Wharf.
Verdict
Solid, well-regarded, and evocatively named – the Oasis Bar & Terrace, a refreshing green haven amid the corporate desert of Canary Wharf.
Go to the Oasis Bar & Terrace for cool drinks on the terrace, and enjoy the refreshing image of the name – the oasis, the green and watered haven in the desert, offering rest and refreshment amid the towers of the working day.
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. He currently lives in Holloway, North London. Contact: [email protected]
My mate works in planning and he’s refused to read this because he knows exactly what it says.
Captured essential. Mum.