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Review: Cedar Point Frontier Inn Top of the Roost Crispy Chicken Sandwich vs Traditional Chicken Sandwich

<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;171008-Cedar-Point-Frontier-Inn-Top-of-the-Roost-Crispy-Chicken-Sandwich-vs-Traditional-Chicken-Sandwich&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;171008-Cedar-Point-Frontier-Inn-Top-of-the-Roost-Crispy-Chicken-Sandwich-vs-Traditional-Chicken-Sandwich&period;jpg" alt&equals;"171008 Cedar Point Frontier Inn Top of the Roost Crispy Chicken Sandwich vs Traditional Chicken Sandwich" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13083" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When Frontier Inn at Cedar Point first opened during the 2016 season&comma; we were quite impressed&comma; as it was a departure from the standard frozen chicken tenders served for so many years in the park&period; We have also been extremely happy that Frontier Inn has been a staple of the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;park-food-guides&sol;cedar-point-food&sol;">Cedar Point dining plans<&sol;a> since being introduced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The chicken marinates in buttermilk and vinegar for 24 hours&period; Then the chicken tenders are hand breaded before being fried golden&period; In comparison to what was served for so many years &lpar;and still is throughout the rest of the park&rpar;&comma; the Frontier Inn chicken tenders were really good&period; Our only suggestion was that the park continue to work on the spices used as the chicken tenders packed very little flavor &lpar;by comparison&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;review-kings-island-chicken-shack-hand-breaded-tenders&sol;">Kings Island has perfected their Chicken Shack tenders<&sol;a>&rpar;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For 2017&comma; Cedar Point has slightly revised their Frontier Inn chicken tenders&comma; notably by frying them longer as evidence of their darker color and now the breading doesn&&num;8217&semi;t as easily fall off as it did in 2016&period; What is still lacking is much of any flavor&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We have eaten the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;review-cedar-point-frontier-inn-hand-battered-chicken-tenders&sol;">Frontier Inn chicken tender basket<&sol;a> many times but decided to change it up and try both the Top of the Roost Crispy Chicken Sandwich and Traditional Chicken Sandwich in the same visit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;171008-Cedar-Point-Frontier-Inn-Top-of-the-Roost-Crispy-Chicken-Sandwich&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;171008-Cedar-Point-Frontier-Inn-Top-of-the-Roost-Crispy-Chicken-Sandwich&period;jpg" alt&equals;"171008 Cedar Point Frontier Inn Top of the Roost Crispy Chicken Sandwich" width&equals;"768" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13081" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Top of the Roost Crispy Chicken Sandwich is served with two hand breaded chicken tenders on a cornmeal dusted bun with lettuce&comma; tomato&comma; white American cheese and served with choice of sides &lpar;waffle fries&comma; fruit cup&sol;applesauce&comma; or side salad&rpar;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;171008-Cedar-Point-Frontier-Inn-Traditional-Chicken-Sandwich&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;171008-Cedar-Point-Frontier-Inn-Traditional-Chicken-Sandwich&period;jpg" alt&equals;"171008 Cedar Point Frontier Inn Traditional Chicken Sandwich" width&equals;"865" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13082" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Traditional Chicken Sandwich is served with two hand breaded chicken tenders on a cornmeal dusted bun with lettuce&comma; tomato&comma; pickles and served with choice of sides &lpar;waffle fries&comma; fruit cup&sol;applesauce&comma; or side salad&rpar;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Having both sandwiches side-by-side made for an easy comparison of the both&period; While having the Frontier Inn chicken tender sandwiches is a step above other options around the park&comma; it could still use some improvement&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What is baffling to us is why there would be two separate menu items that are practically the same with the exception of one ingredient&period; A Top of the Roost sandwich is signaling that it is a better cut of chicken or specialty sandwich&comma; when in reality&comma; the only premium to it is the cheese and without the pickles served on the Traditional Chicken Sandwich&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Why create a separate menu item&comma; separate register option for something so minor&period; It seems overly complicated to suggest one sandwich is better than the other given such minor differences&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both sandwiches suffer the same fate of minimal flavor&comma; requiring a sauce if desired&period; We would really like to see the sandwich stand out in flavor without the need for sauce&period; Let the seasoning and marinade do the work&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you tried either of the two Frontier Inn sandwiches&comma; let us know your thoughts below in the comments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>&ast; If you liked this post&comma; join other readers who have signed up to for our <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;newsletter&sol;">free Newsletter<&sol;a>&&num;8230&semi;because then you will never miss another update&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- --><&sol;p>&NewLine;

Justin

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