The Best Vegetable Chow Mein

Name: The Best Vegetable Chow Mein
Ingredients: * 1 oz dried shiitake mushroom, reconstituted; * 1 tbsp olive oil oil or canola oil; * 2 garlic clove, minced; * 2 large carrot, matchsticked; * 1 medium napa cabbage, chopped; * 2 6 oz package of tangled chow mein noodle, dry (not the fried; kind!); * 1 bunch of green onion, sliced on the diagonal; * sauce:; * 3/4 cup water; * 1/2 cup soy sauce; * 3 tbsp vegan sugar; * 2 tbsp sesame oil; * 1-2 tbsp sweet chili sauce; * dash of crushed red pepper; * sesame seed (for garnish)