The same goes for the antipasto. Everything is wrong with it here. The roasted red peppers taste fizzy, as if they were going bad. The canned anchovies are lackluster. And in my book, melon and prosciutto are not a winter antipasto.
Italian food is funny.
It's eaten all over the world, and every country has its own slant on the cuisine. In Argentina, they are wild for gnocchi. In the States, we're obsessed with spaghetti and meatballs. In Switzerland, they prefer pasta with lots of cheese. And of course, each country's version tastes a little off to foreigners.