This KoolBa was unique. Georgraphically it marked the halfway point between the ancient capital of Constantinople and the Punjabi capital city of Lahore. It sat in the middle of the most important trading route between Asia Minor, Europe and the sub continent of India. Greeks and Turks would travel East, Indians and Afghans travel West. They all met at the Koolba. This is why this KoolBa is so special, so unique. Not only was the kitchen home to the great Persian classics, every traveller left a little something, from the East, a little somthing, and a little something from the West too. Spices from South India, peppers from the Mediterranean, all combined in the.