On a recent day all seats were full in the simple restaurant, where diners sit on backless chairs and eat from plain white dishes. A line snaked through the room, with hungry customers eyeing other treats such as fried spring rolls. A few customers expressed surprise that Biden had chosen such an inexpensive eatery for his meal, which Chinese media called "noodle diplomacy."
最近的一天，这家小饭馆里座无虚席，顾客们坐在无背座椅上，饭菜都盛在普通的白色碗碟里。屋子里还排着长长的队，眼馋的顾客们注视着炸春卷等其他菜品。一些顾客表示很惊讶，拜登居然会挑这么便宜的一个小饭馆吃饭，中国媒体称之为“炸酱面外交”。

Some Chinese bloggers interpreted his visit to the restaurant as an indication of support for the yuan to keep on rising, although there was nothing to suggest this. Washington has pressed for the yuan to appreciate faster against the U.S. dollar to combat a hugely lopsided trade balance.
尽管无从证实，但有些中国博主将他这次小饭馆之行解读为支持人民币继续升值的信号。美国政府一直向中国施压，要求人民币对美元尽快升值，以平衡巨大的贸易逆差。

Shrugging this off, ordinary customers are now flocking in, forcing the restaurant to hire more staff. "I travelled from Inner Mongolia to Beijing, and the taxi driver told me this restaurant was famous because the U.S. vice president came for lunch a few days ago, We are here particularly to try what he ate." said a 30-year-old tourist who gave only his last name, Wu.
普通顾客才不管这些，他们蜂拥而入，饭馆不得不多招人手。一位30岁的吴姓游客说：“我来自内蒙古，出租车司机告诉我这家饭馆很出名，因为美国副总统几天前来吃过午饭，我们就是专门来吃‘拜登套餐’的。”

词汇学习：
entourage：a group of attendants or associates; a retinue（随行人员，随员）

tab: a bill or check, such as one for a meal in a restaurant（账单）

appreciate: to increase in value or price, especially over time（土地、货币等增值，升值）

lopsided: 不平衡的，不对称的

shrug off: to minimize the importance of（对……满不在乎，摆脱）