— By Susan Bryant

Modern European flavors in Boca

Jasper’s on 18th

6063 SW18th St., Boca Raton, 561-756-9025, JaspersOn18th.com

After owning five restaurants in Aventura and Sunny Isles Beach over 25 years, chefMogenMoller has jumped two counties north to debut this modern Danish/Northern European endeavor in the short-lived Fabien’s Bistro.

“Jasper’s menuwas created to capture West Boca’s need for a more elegant, upscale neighborhood meeting place with a new twist on tried and true cooking methods,” saysMoller, best known for the Tivoli Restaurant inNorth Miami Beach. The Copenhagen native is the brother of JorgenMoller, who owns Out of Denmark restaurant in Delray Beach.

Signatures, served with spinach-artichoke dip, bread and soup or salad, include garlic mustard-crustedNew Zealand rack of lamb ($24.75, $32.75), roast half duck with apple chutney ($26.75), potato-wrappedNorth Sea salmon ($23.75), seared prawns with griddled grit cake and Cajun cream sauce ($23.25) and seafood pan roast with saffron broth ($27.75). For dessert, creamfilledDanish crepes are drizzled with raspberry sauce ($3.75). Dinner is served nightly, exceptMondays, amid a mix of abstract and traditional artwork and varied pendant lighting. A crystal chandelier in a bird cage hangs under a large, soaring skylight. A brickwall with bookshelves accents creamwalls, and tables grace the sidewalk.

JOSHUA BULMAN/COURTESY The potato-wrapped, seared North Sea salmon is prepared with warm fennel slaw, pecans and shallot vinaigrette at the new Jasper’s on 18th west of Boca Raton.