Mixed Seafood Congee

Name: Mixed Seafood Congee
Ingredients: 4 dried shiitake mushrooms; 1 cup boiling water; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1/2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated; 2 shallots, peeled and finely chopped; 4 ounces squid, bodies cut into rings; 8 littleneck clams, cleaned; 8 mussels, cleaned and de-bearded; 4 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined; 3 cups cooked jasmine rice; 3 to 4 cups vegetable stock; 1 tablespoon Shaohsing rice wine or dry sherry; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; Sea salt; Freshly ground white pepper; 3 baby bok choy, cut in half through the stem and sliced, stems and leaves separated; One 8-ounce can bamboo shoots; 1 handful fresh cilantro, stems left whole and leaves chopped