Japanese Style Soup Your Way

Name: Japanese-Style Soup Your Way
Ingredients: 6 cups vegetable broth; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 3 slices peeled fresh ginger, each about the size of a quarter; 1 3/4 piece kombu, rinsed (optional); 8 ounces package soba noodles or udon noodles; 1 red pepper, julienned; 1 bunch fresh bean sprouts; 4 scallions, thinly sliced; 4 tablespoons chopped cilantro; 1 small package enoki mushrooms, sliced off their base; ponzu sauce to serve