Unrelated story but when guests would come over, my mom would go to the store and buy the fanciest meat (usually filet mignon) and put it in a stew/soup (she liked making soups). To this day the only way I've had filet mignon was in soup

Wow, you should really go to a butcher shop nearby and buy some filet mignon. Try making some steak au poivre, a classic of French cuisine. It's not too hard and it's delicious.

I love soup, and I love filet mignon, but... those two things don't really go well together.