Lai fun are a short and thick rice noodle often used in soups. Ho fun (or he fun) are very wide and flat rice noodles often stir-fried with soy sauce or used in soups.
Rice noodles (mai sin in Cantonese) made their way from Yunnan province to Hong Kong ... The secret to a standout noodle that it has to be strong enough to pull all the sauce and toppings from the tip ...