The author, known for drinking up to 100 cups of coffee every day, was one of the first to feature exorbitant meals in his writing: Over 40 restaurants appear in the pages of his 91 works, including Chez Véry, a restaurant, known for its exorbitant menu that included nine soups, nine pâtés, 25 different hors d'oeuvres, 15 roasts, and no fewer than 28 different types of fish.
Nor did he care who heard him unleash his wrath upon whatever (a bad meal, an exorbitant bill) or whoever (usually my mother) vexed him.
You've made it yourself so you know exactly what you're getting (I keep kosher, so that's especially important for me), you don't have to pay the exorbitant prices the airlines charge for in-flight meals or try to find a healthy option at an airport restaurant, and if there any delays, at least you can count on a meal.
Supporters cite the exorbitant cost of living in the country, with a fast food meal costing $15 and two pounds of chicken going for $28, according to The Christian Science Monitor.
Once in the air, rather than the gourmet meals and snazzy cocktail lounges of yesteryear, we pay exorbitant prices for stale sandwiches and tiny bottles of grain alcohol, whatever it takes to get us through the hellacious hours of turbulence as we compete with other passengers for limited molecules of oxygen.
Many people find it exorbitant, particularly if, like me, you enjoy wine practically every night with your meal.
The thrill was exorbitant.
Prices are often exorbitant.
And the costs are exorbitant.
Ticket prices are exorbitant by Indian standards.
