Shanghai restaurant promotes “Jensen Huang smoked fish” as a hot dish after Huang Renxun admits to an affair
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sent a letter to company employees on November 8, 2026, admitting that he had been unfaithful to his wife. U.S. media reported that the person involved in the affair was Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, an executive at Singapore company Megaspeed, and that she has no familial relation to Huang Renxun. U.S. intelligence officials have determined that she is a Chinese spy, and an investigation has been launched.
Shanghai Lujiazui restaurant Pujiang Huayan had previously posted on social media, welcoming customers to come to the restaurant and take check-in photos from the same angle as the circulated pictures. At present, the dish that ranks first on the platform’s netizen recommendation list is “Jensen Huang smoked fish” (priced at 176 yuan, recommended for popularity over the past three months), which Chinese social media interpreted as a homophone pun implying that Huang Renxun had been “hooked.” The dish name also appears on platforms such as Dianping.
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Title: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy: a timeline Publisher: Amanda Silberling (TechCrunch) Publication date: 2026-11-10 URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/10/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huangs-affair-with-alleged-chinese-spy-a-timeline/ Source nature: professional media report Verification status: the full text was actually read this time, verification date 2026-11-10; no access restrictions Supporting content: supports that Huang Renxun admitted the affair on November 8, that Alice Huang was identified by the U.S. side as a Chinese spy, and that Nvidia’s board launched an investigation
Title: What to Know About Jensen Huang’s Affair With Alice Huang and Nvidia’s Investigation Publisher: Amrith Ramkumar (WSJ) Publication date: 2026-11-09 URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/what-to-know-about-nvidias-investigation-after-ceos-affair-98df3bba Source nature: professional media report Verification status: the full text was actually read this time, verification date 2026-11-10; no access restrictions Supporting content: supports the board’s investigation into whether there was a foreign intelligence operation, Alice Huang’s background, and Megaspeed’s purchases of Nvidia chips
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Jensen Huang is the co-founder and CEO of Nvidia and leads the AI chip market. Alice Huang is an executive at Megaspeed, a company that has purchased large quantities of Nvidia chips over the past two years, and U.S. officials are concerned about whether there has been a transfer to China. After reports by The New York Times and others around October 29, 2026 that U.S. intelligence agencies had identified her as a Chinese spy, Huang publicly admitted to the affair on November 8, and Nvidia’s board announced an independent investigation the same day.
Pujiang Huayan is a Huaiyang cuisine restaurant in Shanghai’s Lujiazui area, located on Lujiazui Binjiang Avenue. Chinese social media, including Dianping recommendation lists, show that it launched “Jensen Huang smoked fish” and had posted an invitation for visitors to take check-in photos at the same spot, but mainstream English-language media has not independently reported the restaurant’s specific actions. Smoked fish is a traditional Shanghai-style cold dish: it is fried and then soaked in a sweet-salty sauce, and the name itself does not involve smoking as a cooking method.
This incident has put pressure on Nvidia’s share price and sparked shareholder lawsuits and discussion about enforcement of export controls. The restaurant’s homophonic dish name is a form of Chinese internet remixing and is separate from Huang Renxun’s personal admission of infidelity and the U.S. spy allegations.
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After a company CEO publicly admits to an affair, the board usually launches an independent investigation at the same time to respond to national security and shareholder concerns.
Chinese homophonic dish names and social-media check-ins are local online reactions and do not mean that mainstream English-language media has independently verified them as facts.
Espionage allegations point to a third-party intelligence operation, while personal marital infidelity is a parallel but different kind of risk.