Thai Coconut Soup with Lemon Grass and Sugarcane Chicken Dumplings

Name: Thai Coconut Soup with Lemon Grass and Sugarcane Chicken Dumplings
Ingredients: 2 cups Soup Base, recipe follows; 1 cup coconut milk; 6 Kaffir lime leaves; Salt and pepper; Lime juice, to taste; About 1 tablespoon palm sugar, to taste; Sugarcane Chicken Dumplings, recipe follows; 1 ounce glass noodles, soaked in water until softened; 1/4 cup carrots, cut into julienne; 1/4 cup leeks, cut into julienne; 4 Thai chiles, stems removed, split in half lengthwise, seeded; 4 Kaffir lime leaves, cut in a thin chiffonade; 2 1/2 cups lobster stock; 1 tablespoon chili paste; 1 lemon grass, cut into 2 inch sticks; 10 fresh Thai basil leaves; 1 Thai bird chile; 4 ounces ground lean chicken; 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic; 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger; 1 teaspoon mushroom soy sauce; 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce; 2 teaspoons potato starch; Pinch freshly ground black pepper; 8 (4-inch) sugarcane sticks