Well some times you just get tired of eating the same foreign food over and over every day.
In Italy it was great to eat Italian for every meal for about 14 days and then you start wanting something different, on the 20th day I broke down and looked for the nearest anything american restaurant and unfortunately it was a McDonald's.
I spend my summers in Ireland or England. My friends there frequent Pizza Hut and Burger King. I don't care for Burger King but I do have to eat with my friends.
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They're still a long way from adopting the fast-food culture, though. We waited 18 minutes to order (there was one family of 3 in front of us) and when the girl plunked down the half-full cup or warm, flat Coke we were informed that they have no ice today.
Count yourself lucky. The McDonald's near my home in Paris once ran out of Coke. It was, for a while, the worst-managed McDonald's I had ever been in – your 18 minute wait to order would have been short in comparison.
Forgot to mention Mr. Donut in Japan. Yes, you can get doughnuts, which I don't really care for, but I prefer the only-in-Japan treats such as the curry pie and the sweet potato pie, both of which resemble a McDonald's apple pie...only, you know, with curry or sweet potato puree.
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Whenever I go to Singapore on business, they usually take me out practically every night for these huge multi-course Chinese meals with lots of "interesting" dishes. They'll throw in a Malayasian or Indonesian meal for variety. Lunch? Usually congee with pigs liver, snout, ear, or what-have-you.
Last time I went, I stopped off in Hong Kong for a couple of nights on the way back and I ate at McDonalds and Spaghetti House 'cause I just couldn't face another Chinese meal.
On other travels, I'll duck into a McDonald's simply because I know I'll find a clean bathroom there.
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The only time I have eaten McDonalds or its ilk abroad was on a trip to New York. Eating a hamburger seemed to be the price you had to pay to use a lavatory. No wonder Americans are so fat.
Anyway, I didn't feel guilty as I don't think there was great food available elsewhere that I was missing out on.
I've had Krispy Kreme in South Korea-I hadn't had it in like a year and I REALLY had to have one. I think I went through a dozen overnight with a friend.
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McDonalds' breakfasts are quite decent and consistent in quality throughout the world. I've had them in many places, most recently, Argentina, Peru and Hong Kong.
On a biz trip, I ate at a McDonalds in Bangalore, in the food court of the tech campus where my company was. They had the best veggie burger I have ever had! Yum yum yum.
I try to be good about eating local food, but I do grab a little McDs sometimes if I know it is something I can get quick, cheap and reliably.
I like that in many parts of Latin America, McD's has really neat ice cream cafes with fun tasting deserts, and that a McNifica (at least used to be) better than the quarter pounder, IMHO.
I have also had Dunkin' Donuts abroad (in Spain) which is really such a waste since the coffee and pastries are so good there.
Love SirJman's list above and may have to start doing something like that myself I'm already keeping a listing of the price of a cup of starbucks in different spots domestically and globally: http://thepurplepassport.blogspot.co...abel/Starbucks
I think Starbucks is a bit like fast food, coffee style (and, um, the price of an entire meal at McD's).
Closest I have come is by eating Swissmeal in Geneva, but it is a FORMER burger king and their menu now is much better than a BK. Interesting breads they have as well.
Not to mention it is way more costly, 30 francs for two meals with drink.
I'm already keeping a listing of the price of a cup of starbucks in different spots domestically and globally: 
