Moxie Seaport Ramen

This is fun to make and fun to eat, and easy once you have the ingredients. We discovered this in Boston at Moxie's in the seaport district, and I had to try to recreate it.

Ingredients:
2 eggs
One sheet of Kombu, a kind of seaweed used in Japanese cooking

For the marinated mushrooms:
8 ounces shitake mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup real soy sauce
1/4 cup rice vinegar (or red wine vinegar)
1/2 cup water
2 Tablespoons sugar

For the broth:
4 Tablespoons white or red miso paste
1 Tablespoon toasted sesame oil
Garlic/chili sauce to taste, around 1/2 to one teaspoon, or more
1/4 teaspoon white (or black) pepper
3 cups water

Other:
Around 10 oz dry ramen noodles
4 oz baby spinach as bed for noodles
Three or four leaves of Napa cabbage cut into strips
4 large scallions, bulbs discarded and stems cut diagonally.
Two teaspoons sesame seeds, roasted in a small fry pan until brownish.

Directions:
Take two eggs out of fridge and let come to room temperature while you make the mushrooms and stock.
Mushrooms: Use a small pot to marinate the mushrooms. Bring the ingredients to a boil, reduce to simmer and cook 1/2 hour. At the same time in a larger pot, use the 3 cups water to simmer a sheet of Kombu the same amount of time. ( You can skip the Kombu, but what the hell.)
Broth: Put all the broth ingredients except the water into  a Pyrex measuring cup or small bowl. Set aside.
When the mushrooms are done, strain the broth into the Pyrex cup of ingredients, reserving the mushrooms. Mix until the miso is smooth.
Remove the Kombu from the large pot, leave the water, and pour your Pyrex cup of ingredients into the Kombu water. Simple.

To make the eggs: Put the eggs in boiling water for 6 1/2 minutes. Quickly put into an ice water bath.
When cooled, peel and slice in half.

When everything is ready, cook your noodles (usually around 2 to 4 minutes), strain and place on top of your two bowls of spinach leaves. Ladle the broth on top, arrange the mushrooms, cabbage, scallions and eggs, and top with sesame seeds.
Or just go to Moxie's, have a nice night out.