It happens every season of top chef. Some perfectly amazing chef forgets to salt his dish (or over/undercooks it, etc..) and we go from an awesome idea to getting booted off the show.
That's how I felt at THBJ. A breakfast bowl that grossly lacked salt. Potatoes where half were cooked perfectly and half were undercooked. And, oh yeah, putting hot oily food in a plastic container so that the oil eats through the plastic and you don't realize that half your food is essentially touching the (not terribly clean) table. YUCK!!!!
After reading that last line, you might wonder: Why in the world did she give it two whole stars? What can I say, i'm a sucker for a place called a breakfast joint. (But, who creates a breakfast joint that doesn't serve breakfast all day? Really?)