My Mom's Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 2 scallions, chopped
• 1 pound angel hair pasta
• 1 whole star anise
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, minced
• 1/2 cup rice wine
• 3 tablespoons rock sugar or brown sugar
• 1 tomato, skinned and roughly chopped
• 1 1/2 pound beef shank, cut into 3/4" pieces
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 1/2 cup water
• 1 small head napa cabbage, washed and cut into 3" pieces